5/4/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly "(b) In case of a judgment or final order against a person, the judgment or final order is presumptive evidence of a right as between the parties and their successors in interest by a subsequent title. "In either case, the judgment or final order may be repelled by evidence of a want of jurisdiction, want of notice to the party, collusion, fraud, or clear mistake of law or fact." [50] In passing, we note that the absence of the said certificate is merely an irregularity in complying with the formal requirement for procuring a marriage license. Under Article 4 of the Family Code, an irregularity will not affect the validity of a marriage celebrated on the basis of a marriage license issued without that certificate. (Vitug, Compendium, pp. 120-126; Sempio-Diy, Handbook on the Family Code of the Philippines, 1997 reprint, p. 17; Rufus Rodriguez, The Family Code of the Philippines Annotated, 1990 ed., p. 42; Melencio Sta. Maria Jr., Persons and Family Relations Law, 1999 ed., p. 146.) [51] Records, pp. 1-3. [52] Ibid., p. 4. [53] Id., p. 5. [54] Id., p. 180. [55] Id., pp. 170-171. [56] Id., pp. 84-89. [57] Id., pp. 181-182. [58] Id., pp. 40-41. [59] Id., p. 183. [60] Id., pp. 184-187. Source: Supreme Court E-Library This page was dynamically generated by the E-Library Content Management System (E-LibCMS) https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/52783 13/13

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