MARRIAGE

- It is the foundation of the family, an inviolable social

institutions. This is also serves as the continuation of the
cultural mechanism of the family.

- Sex and sexual attraction is least consideration, but marriage

makes a sexual intercourse legitimate.
 MARRIAGE

Family Code of the Philippines to Marriage

- A special contract of permanent union between a man and a
woman entered into in accordance with the law for the
establishment of conjugal and family life.
- As a contract, it applies to only a man and a woman, it is
permanent; the law prescribed penal and civic sanctions.
- As a status, it is created between parties.
 FORMS OF MARRIAGE

Monogamy - most common and universal forms of marriage.

It is involve the union of a man and a woman.
Polygamy - the plural union where an individual is married
to several individuals at the same time. There are three types:
polygyny, polyandry.
Fictive - It is a union between two women, one old and one
young.
Second marriage surrogate (sister-in-law) or levirate
marriage (brother-in-law).
FORMAL REQUISITES FOR MARRIAGE
PHILIPPINES
Authority of the solemnizing officer (judge/priest)
A valid marriage license
The legal capacity of the contracting parties who must be a male
and a female, and the consent freely given by the couple in the
presence of the solemnizing officer.
- The minimum age for marriage is 18 years but parental consent
is necessary for those below 21 years.
PRINCIPLES OF MATE SELECTION
Endogamy
- It dictates that one should marry within ones clan or ethnic group.
Exogamy
- The one that marries outside ones clan or ethnic group.
Levirate
- The widows marries the brothers or nearest kin of the deceased
husband.
Sororate
- The widower marries the sister or the nearest kin of the deceased
wife.
 CONCEPT BEYOND MONOGAMY
Husband -wife swapping - a formal organization which
handles the activities of the participating members. Parties are
usually held after nine in the evening, when the children are
expected to asleep. NO ONE must have the same sex partner for
two consecutive times. The anonymity of each member is well-
maintain.
Cohabitation - relationship between single male and females
living together as husband and wife with the formal marriage.
Swingers - middle-aged men who finds pleasure in going into
bars and attracting women. They usually collect women. The
opposite for Cougars.
VOID AND VIODABLE MARRIAGE
Annulment
- The process which makes the marriage contract null and void, in
which case, the law sees that no marriage has taken place.
The New Family Code recognizes the annulment of marriage
bond where the parties are free to marry again without fear of
violating any law.
- The grounds for annulment are lack of parental consent of
a minor before the marriage, insanity of one party,
fraud, force, intimidation or undue influence,
impotence of one party, and serious sexually
transmissible disease of the either party.
VOID AND VIODABLE MARRIAGE
Divorce
Legal separation
- This is a judicial declaration when the separation of husband
and wife merely entitles the spouse to live separately (in house
or in bed), but not dissolving the marriage.
VOID AND VIODABLE MARRIAGE
Grounds for Legal Separation
1. Adultery/Concubinage
2.Attempt by one spouse against the life of the other.
3.Repeated physical violence or grossly abusive conduct directed
against petitioner, a common child, or a child of the petitioner.
4.Physical violence or moral pressure to compel the petitioner to
change religious or political affiliation.
5.Attempt of respondent to corrupt or induce the petitioner.
VOID AND VIODABLE MARRIAGE
Grounds for Legal Separation
6. Drug addiction or habitual alcoholism of the respondents.
7. Final court judgement sentencing the respondent to
imprisonment of more than 6 years, even if pardoned.
8. Lesbianism or homosexuality of the respondents.
9. Sexual infidelity or perversion.
10. Abandonment of the petitioner by respondent without a
justifiable cause for more than one year.
 FAMILY
Family is the basic unit of society.

A group of people related by blood, marriage, adoption- U.S. Census

Bureau (2005)

Two or more people who live in the same household, share a

common emotional bond, and perform certain interrelated
social tasks.- Allender and Spradlley (2004)

It consists of those individuals, male or female, youth or adult,

legally or not legally related, genetically or not genetically
related.-Kozier 7th Ed.
 TYPES OF FAMILY

1. Nuclear Family (Traditional Family)

- is composed of husband , wife and children. The mother
often assuming the nurturing role and the father providing the
necessary economic resources.

2. Dyad Family
-consists of two people living together, usually a man and a
woman, without children.
 TYPES OF FAMILY

3. Two-career Family
- in two-career family, both partners are employed. This
type of family steadily increased because of increased career
opportunities for women.

4. Single Parent Family

-only one parent lives in the home. There are a lot of
stresses that a single parent is facing such as child care concerns,
financial concerns, role overload and fatigue in managing daily
tasks, and social isolations.
 TYPES OF FAMILY

5. Adolescent Family
- a growing proportion of infants are born each year to
adolescent parents especially those of minority group. These
young parents are often developmentally, physically, emotionally,
and financially ill prepared to undertake the responsibility of
parenthood.
 TYPES OF FAMILY

6. Blended Family (Extended family)

-it includes not only the nuclear family but also other family
members such as grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles,
cousins and grand children.

7. Cohabiting Family
-consists of unrelated individuals or families who lived
under one roof.
 TYPES OF FAMILY

8. Gay or Lesbian Family

-in homosexual unions, individuals in the same sex live
together as partners for companionship, financial security and
sexual fulfillment.

9. Foster Family
-children who can no longer live with their birth parents
may require placement with a family that has agreed to include
them temporarily.
 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
OF FAMILY

Protects the physical health of its members by providing

adequate nutrition and health care services
Provides an environment conducive to physical growth and
health.
Creates an atmosphere that influences the cognitive and the
psychosocial growth of its members.
Provides support, understanding, and encouragement as they
progress through predictable developmental stages, as they
move in or out of the family unit, as they establish a new family
unit.
PARENTHOOD
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATION OF THE PARENTS
Child and Welfare Code of the Philippines (PD
No. 603)
Primary Rights of the Parent the parents shall have the
rights to the company of their children and, in relation to all other
persons or institutions dealing with the childs development, the
primary right and obligation to provide for the upbringing.
Right under the Civil Code parent shall continue to
exercise the rights mentioned in the Article 316 to 326 of the Civil
Code over the person and property of the child.
Right to Discipline Child parents have the right to
discipline the child as may be necessary for the formation of his
good character, and may therefor require from him obedience to
just and reasonable rules, suggestions and admonitions.
 PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To give him affection, companionship and understanding.

2.To extend to him the benefits of moral guidance, self-
discipline and religious instruction.
3.To supervise his activities, including his recreation.
4.To inculcate in him the value of industry, thrift and self-
reliance.
 PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES

5. To stimulate his interest in civic affairs, teach him duties

of citizenship, and develop his commitment to his country.
6. To advice him properly on any matter affecting his
development and well-being.
7. To provide him with adequate support.
8. To administer his property, according to his best interest.