Title XII – Crimes Against the Civil Status of Persons

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1. Which prior-marriage fact is essential to bigamy under Article 349?
2. What did RA 10655 do to Article 351's crime of premature marriage?
3. Which offense is addressed by Article 348?
4. In a bigamy trial, competent evidence establishes that the first purported marriage was void from the beginning for a g…
5. When a second marriage is celebrated, the first marriage is merely voidable and has not been annulled. The accused late…
6. A valid first marriage subsists. The second marriage otherwise has the necessary requisites but is declared void solely…
7. An accused challenges whether his second marriage had a duly authorized solemnizing officer and a ceremony. Evidence le…
8. Explain Pulido's treatment of a void first marriage as a bigamy defense. Does that ruling repeal Article 40's rule for …
9. Distinguish Articles 349 and 350 in light of Genio. Does failure to establish bigamy automatically excuse knowingly con…
10. Explain the role of fraudulent purpose in Article 348's usurpation of civil status. Is every disputed identity document…
11. Which current Article347 mode expressly involves replacing one child with another?
12. For Article347’s concealment or abandonment mode, what specific intent does the text require?