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𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐔𝐋𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓” 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐆𝐄
People often use the word “annulment” for every marriage case , but under Philippine law, there are different legal remedies, and they are not the same.
🔹 Declaration of Nullity — applies to marriages considered void from the beginning, including certain cases under Article 36 involving psychological incapacity.
🔹 Annulment — applies only to specific grounds provided by Article 45, such as certain cases involving fraud, force, lack of parental consent, or other grounds stated by law. Prescriptive periods may apply depending on the ground.
🔹 Legal Separation — allows spouses to live separately and may result in dissolution and liquidation of their property regime, but the marriage bond remains.
𝗜𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗻-𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝘃. 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭), 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲.
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