URGENT : Fixed Marriage - No ceremony took place

victoriaroldan wrote:Hey.. I'm so glad I found this site.. I hope I could get a response ASAP. I have a live in partner and we are planning to get married. Before we live together,he told me about his ex girlfriend that he got pregnant, but they are not married. Lately, he asked me to deposit into his ex's bank account the money as a support to his child. (He used to send her every payday) I found out that the girl is carrying his surname. When I asked him, he told me that he asked someone before to provide him a marriage contract with his ex as his wife. He is in some distant island so they communicated thru email. The "fixer" just asked for their birth certificate and ID. Weeks or maybe monthx later, the contract was already mailed to them. There is no ceremony that actually took place. Accdg to the contract tge marriage was solemnized on March 11, 2010 at Quezon city but on that date he was actually on the island where he worked. They thought the marriage was fake but later, accdg to the girl (I got to talk to her) she was shocked when there is a record of their marriage and and she was noy given cert of no marriage. How can thst possibly be? Is the marriage valid? Please help me with this. Thank you so much in advance.

victoriaroldan wrote:Thanks. But can the fixer be sued? If yes, what case?

SumEr wrote:Sir, we are in the same situation. My partner and I was about to get married when he received his Cenomar with record of marriage. He said it was a fixed marriage and that they are both not present in place of marriage and that they never signed any document for marriage. The purpose of fix marriage is to be able to travel abroad as couple.

If in Article 3 says:
(3) A marriage ceremony which takes place with the appearance of the contracting parties before the solemnizing officer and their personal declaration that they take each other as husband and wife in the presence of not less than two witnesses of legal age.


Then the marriage is not valid? How to delete it in NSO? How can he get cleared record of Cenomar?

Please advice. TIA

victoriaroldan wrote:Thanks. But can the fixer be sued? If yes, what case?

Katrina288 wrote:And yes it is a falsification. But if they sue the fixer, the parties to the marriage may be sued also if nag participate sila.

keis wrote:what if po yung mismong mag bf gf ang pumunta sa city hall... may fixer din po si8lang kinausap, para mabigyan sila ng mariage contract,, walang witnesses na kasama.. silang dalawa lang, age 23 and 22..

pumirma lang po,,  VOID AB INITIO din po ba ang tawag sa ganitong scenario,,,

My nakuha na po sa CENOMAR, at nakaregistered po,

I presume valid po ito, since naka  register..

keis wrote:Atty. nagpakasal po sila kasi yung apelyido ng bata ay sa nanay kung hindi sila magpapakasal.. isa po kasi sila dun sa NO MARIAGE CONTRACT = ILLEGITIMATE CHILD way back 2006 kaya sobrang minadali nila yung kasal. para maipangaln sa papa yung apelyido ng bata,.,, pero po pumunta sila sa munisipyo at walang witnesses ano po ang dapat ifile??? voidable married po ba yung ganito o yung sinasabi mo po na VOID AB INITIO.. sensya na po.. if oo, pwede na po kami mag file ng petition of nuliity...thanks po.,,

Katrina288 wrote:

keis wrote:what if po yung mismong mag bf gf ang pumunta sa city hall... may fixer din po si8lang kinausap, para mabigyan sila ng mariage contract,, walang witnesses na kasama.. silang dalawa lang, age 23 and 22..

pumirma lang po,,  VOID AB INITIO din po ba ang tawag sa ganitong scenario,,,

My nakuha na po sa CENOMAR, at nakaregistered po,

I presume valid po ito, since naka  register..

As I stated in my reply before, pag walang "personal declaration that you take each other as husband and wife" and wala din wedding ceremony, VOID AB INITIO yun. But, you are not in the
proper position to declare it by yourself. Kung kaya, kailngan ninyo pumunta sa korte para ipa-declare yun na VOID. Siyempre nakaregister sa NSO kasi pinarehistro ninyo para makakuha kayo ng visa di ba?

Hi, this is my first time in this forum, my case is similar to the above. My civil marriage with my ex husband was done with us signing the contract at different hours of the day of the wedding. I didn't get to see the solemnizing authority or any witnesses. The marriage was registered at the NSO. As I learned from the discussion above, it is VOID AB INITIO. But we had a subsequent church wedding after a few months of the civil wedding and I found out that it was not registered at the NSO. Please help me. I need legal advise because I want to file a legal separation or annulment. We are already physically separated for almost 7 years now. Thank you very much for any help I can get.

excelsa filio wrote:

Katrina288 wrote:

keis wrote:what if po yung mismong mag bf gf ang pumunta sa city hall... may fixer din po si8lang kinausap, para mabigyan sila ng mariage contract,, walang witnesses na kasama.. silang dalawa lang, age 23 and 22..

pumirma lang po,,  VOID AB INITIO din po ba ang tawag sa ganitong scenario,,,

My nakuha na po sa CENOMAR, at nakaregistered po,

I presume valid po ito, since naka  register..

As I stated in my reply before, pag walang "personal declaration that you take each other as husband and wife" and wala din wedding ceremony, VOID AB INITIO yun. But, you are not in the
proper position to declare it by yourself. Kung kaya, kailngan ninyo pumunta sa korte para ipa-declare yun na VOID. Siyempre nakaregister sa NSO kasi pinarehistro ninyo para makakuha kayo ng visa di ba?

Hi, this is my first time in this forum, my case is similar to the above. My civil marriage with my ex husband was done with us signing the contract at different hours of the day of the wedding. I didn't get to see the solemnizing authority or any witnesses. The marriage was registered at the NSO. As I learned from the discussion above, it is VOID AB INITIO. But we had a subsequent church wedding after a few months of the civil wedding and I found out that it was not registered at the NSO. Please help me. I need legal advise because I want to file a legal separation or annulment. We are already physically separated for almost 7 years now. Thank you very much for any help I can get.