Essential and Formal Requisites of Marriage; Effects of Absence, Defect, or Irregularity

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1. Which is an essential requisite of marriage under Article 2?
2. Which is a formal requisite under Article 3, subject to the statutory exceptions?
3. What does Article 4 ordinarily provide for a defect in an essential requisite as contemplated by Article 45?
4. Two legally capacitated adults marry with freely given consent and a proper ceremony, but no marriage license exists an…
5. A nineteen-year-old marries without the required parental consent. The other requisites are present, no separate nullit…
6. Adults with legal capacity, a valid license and a proper ceremony marry before a person who lacks legal authority to so…
7. Two adults knowingly have no marriage license and satisfy no license exemption. They nevertheless believe that any miss…
8. Distinguish absence of a requisite, a defect in an essential requisite, and an irregularity in a formal requisite under…
9. Explain the good-faith exception for an unauthorized solemnizing officer and why it does not automatically cure a missi…
10. Explain why reaching eighteen does not make every marriage-consent issue disappear, using a nineteen-year-old’s marriag…
11. Under Family Code Article 20, for how long is an unused marriage license valid from issuance?
12. Within what territory is a valid Philippine marriage license usable under Article 20?