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    This 3 sentence summary provides the key details from the document: The document discusses the requirements for a valid marriage certificate in the Philippines according to Article 22 of the Family Code, including information that must be included like the names, citizenship, religion, and ages of the contracting parties. It also notes that failure to send a copy of the marriage certificate to the civil registry is not a fatal defect and marriage can still be proven through other evidence like testimony or a history of the parties living together. Exceptions exist for when a marriage certificate is not essential like for oral solemnizations of marriage.

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    This 3 sentence summary provides the key details from the document: The document discusses the requirements for a valid marriage certificate in the Philippines according to Article 22 of the Family Code, including information that must be included like the names, citizenship, religion, and ages of the contracting parties. It also notes that failure to send a copy of the marriage certificate to the civil registry is not a fatal defect and marriage can still be proven through other evidence like testimony or a history of the parties living together. Exceptions exist for when a marriage certificate is not essential like for oral solemnizations of marriage.

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    This 3 sentence summary provides the key details from the document: The document discusses the requirements for a valid marriage certificate in the Philippines according to Article 22 of the Family Code, including information that must be included like the names, citizenship, religion, and ages of the contracting parties. It also notes that failure to send a copy of the marriage certificate to the civil registry is not a fatal defect and marriage can still be proven through other evidence like testimony or a history of the parties living together. Exceptions exist for when a marriage certificate is not essential like for oral solemnizations of marriage.

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    FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

    the
    Art. 22 THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES Art. 22

    Art. 22. The marriage certificate,


    each other
    in
    as husband ÿ
    and wife,
    controversy, the penalty for maintaining an illicit relationship,
    shall declare that they take may either be suspension or disbarment, depending on the
    shall also state: W ) circumstances of the case. (Ibid.)
    sex and age of each contracting
    (1) The full name,
    party; Tugeda v. Trias, et al.
    L-16925, March 31, 1962
    (2) Their citizenship, religion and habitual residence;
    FACTS: The existence of a marriage was the issue
    (3) The date and precise time of the celebration_of the involved in this case. No record of the alleged marriage existed
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    marriage;
    " "
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    in the record of marriages in the municipality where it was


    (4) That the proper marriage license has been issued alleged to have been celebrated. Moreover, the solemnizing
    according to law, except in marriages provided officer allegedly failed to send a copy of the marriage certificate
    Chapter 2 of this Title; to the Civil Registry. Upon the other hand, the fact of marriage
    was sought to be established by the following:
    (5) That either or both of the contracting parties have
    secured the parental consent in appropriate cases; (a) The testimony of the justice of the peace who
    solemnized the marriage.
    (6) That either or both of the contracting parties have
    complied with the legal requirement regarding parental
    (b) The living together of the parties as husband and
    advice in appropriate cases; and I wife for 18 years.

    (7) That the partieshave entered into a marriage (c) A project of partition (of property) signed by then-
    children and the children of one by a prior marriage
    settlements, if any, attaching a copy thereof. (67a)
    stating that they are the children of the second and
    the first marriages respectively of the deceased
    spouses..
    COMMENT:
    (1) The Marriage
    HELD: The marriage existed, in view of the proofs,
    presented. Incidentally, the failure of the solemnizing officer
    This Article deals with the "marriage certificate." It is not to send a copy of the marriage certificate is not a fatal defect,
    an essential requisite of marriage. (Madridejo v. De Leon, 55 the certificate not being an essential requisite"for marriage.
    Phil. 1) The best documentary evidence of a marriage is the (NOTE: In parricide, the best proof of relationship
    marriage contract or the marriage certificate. (See Villanueva
    v. Court of Appeals, 198 SCRA 472 [1991]) Thus, an oral
    between appellant __
    and in the absence thereof, oral evidence of the fact of marriage
    solemnization of the marriage is sufficient. Failure to sign the
    may be considered. [People v. Florendo, 413 SCRA 132 (2003)])
    marriage contract does NOT invalidate the marriage. (De Loria,
    et al. v. Felix, 5 O.G. 8114)
    Anonuevo v. Intestate Estate of Rodolfo G. Jalandoni
    Said marriage contract being notarized, the document now
    636 SCRA 420
    carries the evidentiary weight conferred upon it with respect
    (2010)
    to its due executive, and documents acknowledged before a
    notary public have in their favor the presumption of
    regulating. Other than the marriage certificate, the fact of marriage
    (Ferancullo v. Ferancullo, 509
    SCRA 1[2006]) In the instant nay be proven by relevant evidence.

    350 351

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