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PERSONS & FAMILY RELATIONS

Table of Contents

Chapter I. Civil Personality..............................3

I. Concept and Classes of Persons..........3

II. Capacity to Act and Restrictions

Thereon..........................................................5

Chapter II. Citizenship and Domicile..............8

I. Who are Filipinos ..................................8

II. Domicile ................................................8

Chapter III. Marriage.........................................9

I. Definition and Nature of Marriage .........9

II. Requisites of Marriage ..........................9

III. Marriages Solemnized Abroad............11

IV. Presumption of Marriage.....................11

Chapter IV. Void Marriages ...........................13

I. Grounds ..............................................13

II. Period to File Action or Raise Defense

15

III. Effects of Nullity ..................................16

Chapter V. Voidable Marriages .....................18

I. Grounds for Annulment (Art. 45, FC) ..18

II. Marriage When One Spouse Absent ..21

III. Effects of Pending Actions/Decree

(Art. 49, FC) .................................................22

IV. Voidable v. Void Marriage...................23

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V. Voidable v. Legal Separation ..............23

VI. Jurisdiction ..........................................23

Chapter VI. Legal Separation, Divorce and De

Facto Separation ............................................24

I. Grounds for Legal Separation.............24

II. Defenses .............................................25

III. When to File/Try Actions .....................25

IV. Effects of Filing Petition for Legal

Separation....................................................25

V. Effects of Decree for Legal Separation

25

VI. Reconciliation......................................26

VII. Divorce............................................26

VIII. De Facto Separation.......................27

Chapter VII. Rights and Obligations Between

Husband and Wife..........................................28

I. Obligations of Spouses (Arts. 68-71, FC)

28

II. Rights of Spouses (Arts. 72-73, FC) ...28

III. Use of Surname ..................................28

Chapter VIII. Property Relations Between

Spouses ..........................................................29

I. General Provisions..............................29

II. Donations by Reason of Marriage ......30

III. Absolute Community of Property ........31

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IV. Conjugal Partnership of Gains............34

V. Separation of Properties During

Marriage.......................................................38

VI. Property regime of unions without

marriage.......................................................39

Chapter IX. The Family and the Family Home

.........................................................................41

I. Family..................................................41

II. Family Home.......................................41

Chapter X. Paternity and Filiation ................43

I. Kinds of Filiation..................................43

II. Impugning Legitimacy (Art. 166) .........43

III. Proof of Filiation (Arts. 172 and 175 (1))

44

IV. Legitimation (Arts. 177 and 182).........45

V. Rights of Legitimate and Illegitimate

Children (SSS).............................................45

Chapter XI. Adoption .....................................46

I. RA 8552: Domestic Adoption Act of

1998 46

II. Adoption Procedure under RA 8552 IRR

(Secs. 10-32) ...............................................47

III. RA 8043: Inter-Country Adoption Act of

1995 49

Chapter XII. Support ......................................51

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I. Support................................................51

II. Who are Obliged to Support Each Other

(Art. 195)......................................................51

III. Properties Answerable for Support (Art.

197-198) ......................................................52

IV. Order of Support (SDAB) ....................52

Chapter XIII. Parental Authority....................53

I. Parental Authority ...............................53

II. Substitute and Special Parental

Authority.......................................................54

III. Suspension or Termination of Parental

Authority.......................................................55

IV. Rights and Duties of Children .............55

Chapter XIV. Funerals....................................56

I. General Guidelines .............................56

CIVIL LAW REVIEWER

SUCCESSION

Table of Contents

Chapter I. Concept of Succession................59

I. Definition of Succession (Art. 774, CC)

59

II. Opening of Succession (Art. 777, CC) 59

III. Kinds of Succession (Art. 778, CC) ....59

IV. Heirs ....................................................60

Chapter II. Testamentary Succession..........61

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I. Concept ...............................................61

II. Testamentary Capacity .......................61

III. Formalities of Wills ..............................61

IV. Qualifications of Witnesses to a Notarial

Will 62

V. Qualifications of Witnesses to a Notarial

Will 63

VI. Institution of Heirs ...............................63

VII. Applicable Principles of Private

International Law .........................................63

VIII. Codicils and Incorporation by

Reference ....................................................64

IX. Revocation of Wills and Testamentary

Dispositions..................................................64

X. Allowance and Disallowance of Wills..65

XI. Substitution of Heirs ............................66

XII. Legitimes.........................................67

XIII. Preterition........................................69

XIV. Reserva Troncal .............................69

XV. Disinheritance .................................70

XVI. Legacies and Devises.....................71

Chapter III. Intestate Succession..................74

I. Causes for Legal or Intestate

Succession...................................................74

II. The Intestate or Legal Heirs................74

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III. Fundamental Underlying Principles in

Legal or Intestate Succession......................74

IV. Relationship (Arts. 963-969, CC) ........75

V. The Right of Representation (Art. 970,

CC) 75

VI. Order of Legal or Intestate Succession

76

VII. Concurrence in Legal or Intestate

Succession...................................................77

VIII. Outline of Intestate Shares .............77

IX. Order of Concurrence in the Case of an

Adopted Child (Art, 190, FC) .......................78

Chapter IV. Provisions Common to

Testamentary and Intestate Succession .....79

I. Accretion .............................................79

II. Capacity to Succeed ...........................80

III. Acceptance and Repudiation of

Inheritance ...................................................81

IV. Collation (Arts. 1061-1077, CC)..........81

Chapter V. Partition and Distribution of

Estate ..............................................................83

I. Concept of Partition ............................83

II. Effects of Partition...............................84

III. Nullification of Partition .......................84

IV. Important Periods in Partition .............85

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Chapter VI. Application of the Important

Concepts through Sample Computational

Problems.........................................................86

I. Institution of Heirs ...............................86

II. Legitimes.............................................86

III. Intestate Succession...........................87

IV. Accretion .............................................87

V. Collation ..............................................88