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    Foreign Marriages, Divorces, A26 Family Code

    1. Rules on foreign marriages Art. 26. All marriages solemnized outside the Philippines, in accordance with the laws in force in the country where they were solemnized, and valid there as such, shall also be valid in this country, except those prohibited under Articles 35 (1), (4), (5) and (6), 36, 37 and 38. (17a)…

  • Corpuz v. Sto. Tomas (2010)

    CASE DETAILS Case Title Corpuz v. Sto. Tomas Citation G.R. No. 186571, 11 August 2010 Penned by Brion, J. 1. Background • Petitioner Gerbert R. Corpuz was a former Filipino citizen who acquired Canadian citizenship through naturalization on November 29, 2000.3 On January 18, 2005, Gerbert married respondent Daisylyn T. Sto. Tomas, a Filipina, in…