Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Legal Instruments
Affecting Marriage
Agnes VST Devanadera
Acting Secretary of Justice & Solicitor General
Topical Outline
I. Marriage, Family, and the Philippine
Constitution
II. Marriage, a Special Contract
III.Marriage and the Law
IV.Marriage, Family Courts and Court
Procedure
V. Marriage and the Civil Register
VI.The Role of the Office of the Solicitor
General
Marriage is:
foundation of the family
basis of society
Special
Contract
VOID MARRIAGES
(marriages that are void from the beginning)
VOIDABLE MARRIAGES
(marriages that may be annulled)
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Annulment of Marriage
Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Marriage
Legal Separation
Court Order Setting Aside the Decree of Legal
Separation
Declaration of Presumptive Death of the Absent
Spouse
Judicial Declaration of Absence
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