FAMILY

RIGHTS
FC ART. 69
- Both Spouses Right to Fix the Family Domicile

FC ART. 71
- Both Spouses Right to the Management of Household

FC ART. 72
- A Spouses Right to Relief In Cases of Neglect of Duties to the Conjugal Union or
Commission of Acts Which Tend to Bring Danger, Dishonor, or Injury to the Other
Spouse or to the Family

FC ART. 73
- A Spouses Right to Exercise Profession Without the Consent of the Other Spouse

FC ART. 101
- A Spouses Right to Petition the Court for Receivership, for Judicial Separation of
Property or for Authority to be the Sole Administrator, in case the other spouses
abandonment or failure to comply with his or her obligations to the family

FC ART. 174

- To receive support
- To be entitled to their successional
rights under the Civil Code

- Legitimate children have the following

rights:
- To bear the surnames of the father and
the mother

FC ART. 176
- Grant of parental authority over illegitimate children to the mother

FC ART. 177
- Right of Children to be Legitimated

FC ART. 194
- Scope of support Children are Entitled to

FC ART. 213
- Right of Mother to Retain Custody of children under 7 years old

FC ART. 215
- Descendants privilege not to be compelled to testify against their parents or
grandparents in criminal cases

FC ART. 220

- To represent them in all matters

affecting their interests
- To demand from them respect and
obedience
- To impose discipline on them as may
be required under the circumstances

- parents and those exercising parental

authority in relation to their
unemancipated children or wards
- To keep them in their company
- To support, educate, and instruct them
by right precept and good example
- To supervise their activities, recreation,
and association with others

FC ART. 225
- Parents Right to the Exercise of Legal Guardianship Over the Property of Their
Unemancipated Children

CC ART. 886
Compulsory heirs right to Legitime

CC ART. 970
- Right of Representation

CC ART. 988-990
- Rights to succession of illegitimate children

FAMILY
DUTIES
FC 68
Spouses have the following duties to one another
- Duty to Live Together
- Duty to Observe Mutual Love, Respect, Fidelity
- Duty to Render Mutual Help & Support

FC 68
- Joint Duty of Support of the Family of the Spouses

FC 71
- Both Spouses Right to the Management of Household

FC 194
-Scope of support that Parents must provide their children

FC 211
-Childrens duty to always observe respect and reverence towards their
parent

FC 220
Parents and those exercising parental authority in relation to their unemancipated
children or wards

- To inspire in them compliance with the

duties of citizenship
- To enhance, protect, preserve, and
maintain their physical and mental health
at all times
- To furnish them with good and
wholesome educational materials
- To supervise their activities, recreation,
and association with others
- To protect them from bad company
- To prevent them from acquiring habits
detrimental to their health, studies, and
morals

- To support, educate, and instruct them

by right precept and good example
- To provide for their upbringing in keeping
with their means
- To give them love and affection, advice
and
counsel,
companionship
and
understanding
- To provide them with moral and spiritual
guidance
- To inculcate in them honesty, integrity,
self-discipline, self-reliance, industry, and
thrift
- To stimulate their interest in civic affairs

FC 221
- Civil liability of parents and other persons exercising parental authority for
the injuries and damages caused by the acts or omissions of their
unemancipated children living in their company and under their parental
authority

STATUS
ART. 48 NCC
CITIZENSHIP

RA 9139
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP FOR
CERTAIN ALIENS BY ADMINISTRATIVE NATURALIZATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RA 9225

AN ACT MAKING THE CITIZENSHIP OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENS WHO ACQUIRE

FOREIGN CITIZENSHIP PERMANENT.

RA 8552
DOMESTIC ADOPTION ACT.

NCC ART. 390

PRESUMPTION OF DEATH

FC ART 1-2
MARRIAGE

FC ART 35-41
ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE

NCC ART. 55-56

LEGAL SEPARATION

NCC ART. 40 - 41

BIRTH
FC ART. 164 - LEGITIMATE
FC ART. 165 - ILLEGITIMATE

CONDITION
ART. 1327 NCC
unemancipated & insane annot validly give consent to contracts

NCC ART. 807

IF TESTATOR BE DEAF OR DEAF-MUTE

NCC ART. 381-383

PROVISIONAL MEASURES IN CASE OF ABSENCE

NCC 384-386

DECLARATION OF ABSENCE

NCC ART. 387- 389

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE ABSENTEE

NCC ART. 390-392

PRESUMPTION OF DEATH

NCC ART. 393-396

EFFECT OF ABSENCE UPON CONTINGENT RIGHTS OF THE ABSENTEE

NCC ART. 820

WITNESS TO WILLS

CAPACITY
ART. 38 NCC - Minority
Insanity or imbecility
prodigality & civil interdiction
RA 6809 - AGE OF MAJORITY (18)
ART. 798 NCC
An insane person cannot make a valid will or testament

ART. 1327 NCC

unemancipated & insane annot validly give consent to contracts