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THIRD DIVISION
PRUDENCIO DE GUZMAN
JUMAQUIO,
Petitione;r,
1
y G.R. No. 224742
Present:
PERALTA, J, Chairperson,
LEONEN,
CAGUIOA,*
REYES, A., JR., and
HERNANDO, JJ
-versus-
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Respondent.
Promulgated:
August 7, 2019
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DECISION
LEONEN, J.:
A person cannot unilaterally declare his marriage void. The law
provides that a judicial declaration of nullity is indispensable for the purposes
of remarriage. 1
This resolves a Verified Petition for Review on Certiorari2 assailing the
Court of Appeals' June 30, 2015 Decision3 and April 21, 2016 Resolution 4 in
CA-G.R. CR No. 35209.
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4
Designated additional Member per Raffle dated August 5, 2019.
FAMILY CODE, art. 40.
Rollo, pp. 13-23.
Id. at 25-36. The Decision was penned by Associate Justice Rosmari D. Carandang (now a member of
this Court), and concurred in by Associate Justices Priscilla J. Baltazar-Padilla and Socorro B. Inting of
the Third Division, Court of Appeals, Manila.
Id. at 107-109. The Resolution was penned by Associate Justice Rosmari D. Carandang (now a member
of this Court), and concurred in by Associate Justices Priscilla J. Baltazar-Padilla and Socorro B. Inting
of the Former Third Division, Court of Appeals, Manila.
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