Monday, October 29, 2018


Family Code of the Philippines

Title IV: Property Relations Between Husband and Wife


Article 78. A minor who according to law may contract marriage may also execute his or her marriage settlements, but they shall be valid only if the person designated in Article 14 to give consent to the marriage are made parties to the agreement, subject to the provisions of Title IX of this Code. (120a)

Explanation
·         The age of majority today is 18. At this age, the person is no longer a minor. If the parties are both 18years old, the marriage settlement may be executed without parental consent. As per Article 5 of the Family Code, it states that “Any male or female of the age of eighteen years (18) or upwards not under any of the impediments mentioned in Articles 37 and 38, may contract marriage.

·         Please take note that no minor can get married, otherwise it is void. The law is repealed by R.A 6809: An act lowering the Age of Majority to 18 years
Provides for legal emancipation at age 18; emancipation terminates parental authority over the person and property of the emancipated child who shall thereafter be qualified and responsible for all acts of civil life.”



Article 79. For the validity of any marriage settlement executed by a person upon whom a sentence of civil interdiction has been pronounced or who is subject to any other disability, it shall be indispensable for the guardian appointed by a competent court to be made a party thereto. (123a)

Explanation:

Inter vivos
is a legal term referring to a transfer or gift made during one's lifetime, as opposed to a testamentary transfer (a gift that takes effect on death) under the subject of trust.

Mortis Causa 
A phrase sometimes used in reference to a deathbed gift, or a gift causa mortis, since the giving of the gift is made in expectation of approaching death. A gift causa mortis is distinguishable from a gift inter vivos, which is a gift made during the donor's (the giver's) lifetime.

·         The guardian of a person sentenced with civil interdiction (as stated in Article 34 of the Revised Penal Code) or a guardian of a person suffering from disability must be made a party to the marriage settlement of either of such persons.





Source(s): 
Family Code of the Philippines by Albano

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