Practice question
Parties exchange signed promises by mail but never personally appear before a solemnizing officer or make the statutory declaration in the required witnesses’ presence. No special exception applies. They invoke Article 6’s freedom from prescribed religious ritual. Which is best?
- The phrase dispenses with every ceremony act
- Freedom from a prescribed ritual does not dispense with personal appearance and the statutory declaration
- Mailing signatures automatically creates marriage
- A private promise replaces every formal requisite
- Only the envelope date matters
Legal references
- Family Code, EO209, relevant Articles 4, 6, 20, 26, 37, 38, 48 and 68-73, as amended: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html
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