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II. PERSONS
A. Civil Personality
i. Civil Personality
1. General Provisions (Art. 37, CC)
a. Juridical capacity
b. Capacity to act
bi. Restrictions on capacity to act (Art. 38)
bii. Circumstances modifying capacity to act (Art.
39)
Cases: Standard Oil Co. vs. Arenas
Mercado vs. Espiritu
Bambalan vs. Maramba
Braganza vs. Villa Abrille
2. Natural Persons
a. Commencement of civil personality
(Art. 40, CC)
b. Extinguishment of civil personality (Art. 42, CC)
Survivorship (Art.43, CC)
Case: Geluz vs. CA,
3. Juridical Persons
a. Enumeration (Art. 44, CC)
b. Governing laws (Art. 45, 47, CC)
c. Rights and obligations (Art. 46, CC)
ii. Citizenship and Domicile
Case: Romualdez-Marcos v. COMELEC
B. Requisites of Marriage.
a. Essential (Art. 2)
i. Legal capacity: male and female
1. Persons who may contract marriage (Art. 5,
21)
2. Impediments to contracting marriage (Art.
37, 38)
ii. Consent freely given
Case: People vs. Santiago, 61 Phil. 68
b. Formal (Art. 3)
i. Authority of solemnizing officer (Art. 7,
10, 31, 32, 35 (2)
Case: Navarro vs. Domagtoy, 129 SCRA 259
ii. License
1. General rule: required
a. Issuance (Art. 9, 24)
b. Marriages between Filipino citizens abroad (Art.
10)
c. Contents of application (Art.11)
d. Documents required for issuance (Art.12)
e. Additional requirement if party previously married
(Art. 13)
f. Parental consent (Art. 14, 16)
g. Parental advice (Art. 15, 16)
h. Publication (Art. 17)
i. In case of alleged impediment (Art. 18)
j. Fees (Art.19)
k. Validity (Art.20)
l. Certificate of capacity (Art. 21)
Case: People vs. Janssen, 54 Phil 176
2. Marriages exempt from license requirement
a. In articulo mortis (Art. 27, 29, 30, 31, 32)
b. Remote locations (Art.28, 29, 30)
c. Among ethnic groups (Art.33)
d. Cohabitation for 5 years (Art.34)
Case: Cosca vs. Palaypayon, 237 SCRA
Manzano vs. Sanchez,
iii. Ceremony
1. Form (Art.6)
Note: Marriage certificate (Art. 22, 23)
2. Venue (Art. 8)
Cases: Martinez v. Tan, 12 Phil 731
Madrilejo v. De Leon, 55 Phil 1
Balogbog v. CA, 259 SCRA 269