1. WHAT IT COMPRISES Support comprises everything indispensable for sustenance, dwelling, clothing, medical attendance, education and transportation, in keeping with the financial capacity of the family. (Article 194, Family Code) The education of the person entitled to be supported referred to in the preceding paragraph shall include his schooling or training for some profession, trade…
1. Domestic adoption (R.A. No. 8552) a. Who may adopt Who may adopt: 1) Filipino citizen – Any Filipino citizen of legal age, in possession of full civil capacity and legal rights, of good moral character, has not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude, emotionally and psychologically capable of caring for children, at…
1. Legitimate children Concept: Legitimate children. Children conceived or born during the marriage of the parents are legitimate.(Article 164, Ibid.) Conceived or born during marriage. Children conceived or born during the marriage of the parents are legitimate. (Ibid.) Artificial insemination. Children conceived as a result of artificial insemination of the wife with the sperm of…
1. WHAT CONSTITUTES A FAMILY HOME The family home, constituted jointly by the husband and the wife or by an unmarried head of a family, is the dwelling house where they and their family reside, and the land on which it is situated. (Article 152, Ibid.) When deemed constituted. The family home is deemed constituted…
1. Property Relations Community property – “is the shared pool of assets and income that both spouses jointly own and administer during the marriage.” (OpenAI ChatGPT-4 [2025], reviewed by J. Del Puerto. Available at: https://chat.openai.com [Accessed: 21 April 2025]) Property relations – “in the context of married couples refer to the legal system that governs…
1. Rights and Obligations a. To live together Art. 68. The husband and wife are obliged to live together x x x 1) As expressed in Article 6845 of the Family Code, the marital covenants include the mutual obligations of husband and wife to live together, observe love, respect and fidelity and to help and…
1. Concept Legal separation – • … refers to the state or condition wherein legally married couples choose to live physically separate lives and forego cohabitation. • … is nothing more than the bed-and-board separation of the spouses (there being no absolute divorce in this jurisdiction). (Sy v. Eufemio, En Banc, G.R. No. L-30977, 31…
Marriage – is a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life. It is the foundation of the family and an inviolable social institution whose nature, consequences, and incidents are governed by law and not subject to stipulation,…
1. Civil personality There are two (2) kinds of persons under the law: 1) Natural persons, and, 2) Juridical persons. a. NATURAL PERSONS Birth and personality. Birth determines personality; but the conceived child shall be considered born for all purposes that are favorable to it, provided it be born later with the conditions specified in…