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Practice question: Validity of Marriages Celebrated Abroad

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Distinguish a foreign marriage's formal compliance from substantive capacity and an exception to recognition.

Legal references

  • Family Code Articles26 and68–73: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html
  • Civil Code Articles15–17: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
  • De Munari v. Asprec, GR262831, April7 2025, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/apr2025/gr_262831_2025.html
  • Garcia v. Recio, GR138322, October2 2001, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2001/oct2001/gr_138322_2001.html

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