Practice question
A spouse obtains a final decree of legal separation and relies on that decree alone to contract a new marriage while the original spouse remains alive and the bond otherwise subsists. Which is correct?
- The decree is automatically a divorce.
- A decree always makes the spouse single.
- The decree is identical to annulment.
- The decree alone does not sever the marriage bond or supply capacity to remarry.
- A new marriage is permitted if no ceremony photograph exists.
Legal references
- Family Code Articles55–57,60 and63; https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/5/95173
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