Property Relations Between Husband and Wife - Civil Code of the Philippines (R.A. 386)

TITLE VIPROPERTY RELATIONS BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE
General Provisions

CHAPTER 1

Article 118. The property relations between husband and wife shall be governed in the following order:

(1) By contract executed before the marriage;

(2) By the provisions of this Code; and

(3) By custom. (1315a)

Rights and Obligations Between Husband and Wife - Civil Code of the Philippines (R.A. 386)

TITLE V
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE

Article 109. The husband and wife are obliged to live together, observe mutual respect and fidelity, and render mutual help and support. (56a)

Article 110. The husband shall fix the residence of the family. But the court may exempt the wife from living with the husband if he should live abroad unless in the service of the Republic. (58a)

Legal Separation of Marriage - Civil Code of the Philippines (R.A. 386)

TITLE IV
LEGAL SEPARATION

Article 97. A petition for legal separation may be filed:

(1) For adultery on the part of the wife and for concubinage on the part of the husband as defined in the Penal Code; or

(2) An attempt by one spouse against the life of the other. (n)

Authority to Solemnize Marriages - Civil Code of the Philippines (R.A. 386)

CHAPTER 4
Authority to Solemnize Marriages

Article 92. Every priest, or minister, or rabbi authorized by his denomination, church, sect, or religion to solemnize marriage shall send to the proper government office a sworn statement setting forth his full name and domicile, and that he is authorized by his denomination, church, sect, or religion to solemnize marriage, attaching to said statement a certified copy of his appointment. The director of the proper government office, upon receiving such sworn statement containing the information required, and being satisfied that the denomination, church, sect, or religion of the applicant operates in the Philippines, shall record the name of such priest or minister in a suitable register and issue to him an authorization to solemnize marriage. Said priest or minister or rabbi shall be obliged to exhibit his authorization to the contracting parties, to their parents, grandparents, guardians, or persons in charge demanding the same. No priest or minister not having the required authorization may solemnize marriage. (34a)

Void and Voidable Marriages - Civil Code of the Philippines (R.A. 386)

CHAPTER 3
Void and Voidable Marriages

Article 80. The following marriages shall be void from the beginning:

(1) Those contracted under the ages of sixteen and fourteen years by the male and female respectively, even with the consent of the parents;

(2) Those solemnized by any person not legally authorized to perform marriages;

(3) Those solemnized without a marriage license, save marriages of exceptional character;

Marriages of Exceptional Character - Civil Code of the Philippines (R.A. 386)

CHAPTER 2
Marriages of Exceptional Character

Article 72. In case either of the contracting parties is on the point of death or the female has her habitual residence at a place more than fifteen kilometers distant from the municipal building and there is no communication by railroad or by provincial or local highways between the former and the latter, the marriage may be solemnized without necessity of a marriage license; but in such cases the official, priest, or minister solemnizing it shall state in an affidavit made before the local civil registrar or any person authorized by law to administer oaths that the marriage was performed in articulo mortis or at a place more than fifteen kilometers distant from the municipal building concerned, in which latter case he shall give the name of the barrio where the marriage was solemnized. The person who solemnized the marriage shall also state, in either case, that he took the necessary steps to ascertain the ages and relationship of the contracting parties and that there was in his opinion no legal impediment to the marriage at the time that it was solemnized. (20)

Requisites of Marriage - Civil Code of the Philippines (R.A. 386)

TITLE III
MARRIAGE

CHAPTER 1
Requisites of Marriage

Article 52. Marriage is not a mere contract but an inviolable social institution. Its nature, consequences and incidents are governed by law and not subject to stipulation, except that the marriage settlements may to a certain extent fix the property relations during the marriage. (n)

Article 53. No marriage shall be solemnized unless all these requisites are complied with:

(1) Legal capacity of the contracting parties;

Citizenship and Domicile - Civil Code of the Philippines (R.A)

TITLE II

CITIZENSHIP AND DOMICILE

Article 48. The following are citizens of the Philippines:

(1) Those who were citizens of the Philippines at the time of the adoption of the Constitution of the Philippines;

(2) Those born in the Philippines of foreign parents who, before the adoption of said Constitution, had been elected to public office in the Philippines;

Juridical Persons - Code of the Philippines (R.A. 386)

CHAPTER 3

Juridical Persons

Article 44. The following are juridical persons:

(1) The State and its political subdivisions;

(2) Other corporations, institutions and entities for public interest or purpose, created by law; their personality begins as soon as they have been constituted according to law;

(3) Corporations, partnerships and associations for private interest or purpose to which the law grants a juridical personality, separate and distinct from that of each shareholder, partner or member. (35a)

Natural Persons - Civil Code of the Philippines (R.A. 386)

CHAPTER 2
Natural Persons

Article 40. Birth determines personality; but the conceived child shall be considered born for all purposes that are favorable to it, provided it be born later with the conditions specified in the following article. (29a)

Article 41. For civil purposes, the fetus is considered born if it is alive at the time it is completely delivered from the mother's womb. However, if the foetus had an intra-uterine life of less than seven months, it is not deemed born if it dies within twenty-four hours after its complete delivery from the maternal womb. (30a)