Validity of Marriages Celebrated Abroad

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1. Under Family Code Article 26's first paragraph, what is the general treatment of a marriage solemnized abroad in accord…
2. Which is among Article 26's express references to marriages excepted from its foreign-marriage recognition rule?
3. Under Civil Code Article 15, do Philippine laws on status and legal capacity continue to bind Filipino citizens living …
4. A marriage abroad is established to comply with the applicable foreign law and to be valid there. The parties have the …
5. An RTC dismisses a proper nullity complaint solely because the marriage was celebrated in Italy, treating Article 17 as…
6. A Filipino already in a valid subsisting marriage celebrates a second marriage abroad. The second ceremony meets local …
7. A foreign marriage certificate is properly authenticated, but the dispute concerns whether the Filipino spouse lacked c…
8. Outline the legal inquiry for a marriage celebrated abroad under Article 26's first paragraph.
9. Explain why De Munari distinguishes foreign celebration from Philippine jurisdiction to decide a nullity action.
10. Distinguish a foreign marriage's formal compliance from substantive capacity and an exception to recognition.
11. May the absence of a Philippine-issued marriage license alone defeat an otherwise qualifying foreign marriage under Art…
12. Does Article 26’s recognition rule exclude incestuous marriages covered by Article 37?