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Failure to comply with any of the preceding requirements may be a ground for
immediate dismissal of the petition.
[9] RULES OF COURT, Rule 1, Sec. 3(c). See rollo, pp. 55-56 (Petitioner’s Motion for
Reconsideration).
[10] RULES OF COURT, Rule 1, Sec. 3(a).
[11] FAMILY CODE (E.O. No. 209 as amended), Art. 35. The following marriages shall be
void from the beginning:
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(4) Those bigamous or polygamous marriages not falling under Article 41;
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[12] Rollo, p. 56.
[13] FAMILY CODE, Art. 36. A marriage contracted by any party who, at the time of the
celebration, was psychologically incapacitated to comply with the essential marital
obligations of marriage, shall likewise be void even if such incapacity becomes manifest
only after its solemnization.
[14] Rollo, p. 68.
[15] Enacted 26 November 1930.
[16] CIVIL CODE, Art. 413. All other matters pertaining to the registration of civil status
shall be governed by special laws.
[17] Act No. 3753, Sec. 7. Registration of marriage. - All civil officers and priests or
ministers authorized to solemnize marriages shall send a copy of each marriage
contract solemnized by them to the local civil registrar within the time limit specified in
the existing Marriage Law.
In cases of divorce and annulment of marriage, it shall be the duty of the successful
petitioner for divorce or annulment of marriage to send a copy of the final decree of the
court to the local civil registrar of the municipality where the dissolved or annulled
marriage was solemnized.
In the marriage register there shall be entered the full name and address of each of the
contracting parties, their ages, the place and date of the solemnization of the marriage,
the names and addresses of the witnesses, the full name, address, and relationship of
the minor contracting party or parties or the person or persons who gave their consent
to the marriage, and the full name, title, and address of the person who solemnized the
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