Practice question
Parties ask a court to refer the validity of their marriage itself to family mediation so the mediator can declare it valid by compromise. Is that issue mediable under Section 4?
- No; validity of marriage is among the noncompromisable matters expressly excluded.
- Yes; any agreement can determine civil status.
- Yes; a mediator may issue a nullity judgment.
- Yes; all exclusions disappear when both spouses sign.
- Yes; children must decide marital validity.
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/98364 — A.M. 24-02-06-SC, Rule on Family Mediation, Section 4.
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