FAMILY RELATIONS

DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE
1. Marriage is a special contract

2. Of permanent union

3. Between a man and a woman

4. Entered into in accordance with law

5. For the establishment of conjugal and family life

ESSENTIAL REQUISITES OF MARRIAGE

1. Legal capacity of contracting parties

2. Consent freely given in the presence of the solemnizing officer
FORMAL REQUISITES OF MARRIAGE

1. Authority of solemnizing officer

2. Valid marriage license (except in cases where a marriage license is not required)

3. Marriage ceremony

AUTHORIZED SOLEMNIZING OFFICERS

1. Incumbent member of the judiciary within the court’s jurisdiction

2. Duly authorized priest, rabbi, imam or the minister of any church or religious sect

3. Ship captain or airplane chief
• Can solemnize marriages only in articulo mortis between passenger or crew members while the ship is at sea or the plane is in flight and also during stopover at ports of call

4. Military commander of a unit to which a captain is assigned
• Can solemnize marriage only if it is in articulo mortis between persons within the zone of military operations whether members of the armed forces or civilians and only in the absence of the chaplain

5. Consul-general, consul or vice-consul – can solemnize marriage between Filipinos abroad

6. Mayor (Local Government Code of 1991)

MARRIAGE EXEMPT FROM LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

1. Marriage in articulo mortis

2. If the residence of either party is so located that there is no means of transportation to enable such party to appear personally before the civil registrar

3. Marriage in articulo mortis in military zones

4. Marriage among Muslims or among members of ethnic cultural communities in accordance with their customs

5. Marriage between persons who have lived together as husband and wife for at least five years and without any legal impediment to marry each other

ask ko lang po how can i go to new york.what is the process?andun po yunf nobyo ko and his an american citizen.


thanks po!

rina

gud day, ask q lng po kung ano ang dapat na makuhang support ng pamangkin ko sa biological father nya? special child po yung pamangkin ko cerbral palsy po ang case nya, ano po b ang karapatan nya since naka-sign sa birth cert. ang tatay? thanx