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CIVIL CODE
Art. 2. Laws shall take effect after fifteen days following the
completion of their publication either in the Official Gazette or
in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines, unless
it is otherwise provided.
unless otherwise provided refers to when the law shall take
effect. It does not mean that publication can be dispensed with.
Otherwise, that would be a violation of due process.
Exceptions:
2.
1.
2.
When the law makes the act only voidable and not void
(i.e., if consent is vitiated, the contract is voidable and
not void)
3.
When the law makes the act valid but punishes the
violator (i.e., if the marriage is celebrated by someone
without legal authority but the parties are in good faith,
the marriage is valid but the person who married the
parties is liable)
It
4.
When the law makes the act void but recognizes legal
effects flowing therefrom
What one can waive are rights and not obligations. Example,
a creditor can waive the loan but the debtor may not.
1.
Existence of a right
2.
3.
Exceptions:
Exceptions:
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2.
a.
b.
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Interpretative laws
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Art. 7.When the courts declared a law to be inconsistent with
the Constitution, the former shall be void and the latter shall
govern.
Administrative or executive acts, orders and regulations shall
be valid only when they are not contrary to the
laws or the Constitution.
2.
2.
Two principles:
1.
Territoriality
b.
2.
Art. 16, 1.
Real property as well as personal
property is subject to the law of the country where it is
stipulated.
Lex situs or lex rei sitae governs real or personal property
(property is subject to the laws of the country in which it is
located).
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(4)
Art. 18.
In matters which are governed by the Code of
Commerce and special laws, their deficiency shall be supplied
by the provisions of this Code.
III.
Human Relations
Art. 19. Every person must, in the exercise of his rights and in
the performance of his duties, act with justice, give everyone
his due, and observe honesty and good faith.
Art. 20. Every person who, contrary to law, willfully or
negligently causes damage to another, shall indemnify the
latter for the same.
Art. 21. Any person who willfully causes loss or injury to
another in manner that is contrary to morals, good customs or
public policy shall compensate the latter for the damage.
Art. 22. Every person who through an act of performance by
another, or any other means, acquires or comes into possession
of something at the expense of the latter without just or legal
ground, shall return the same to him.
Art. 23.
Even when an act or event causing damage to
another's property was not due to the fault or negligence of the
defendant, the latter shall be liable for indemnity if through the
act or event he was benefited.
Art. 25. Thoughtless extravagance in expenses for pleasure or
display during a period of acute public want or emergency may
be stopped by order of the courts at the instance of any
government or private charitable institution.
Art. 26.
Every person shall respect the dignity,
personality, privacy and peace of mind of his neighbors and
other persons. The following and similar acts, though they may
not constitute a criminal offense, shall produce a cause of
action for damages, prevention and other relief:
(1)
(2)
(3)
2006 notes: However, the civil action which has been reserved
cannot be instituted until final judgment has been rendered in the
criminal action.
2006 notes: if the plaintiff succeeded to recover damages from the
defendant under the Civil Code, he can no longer recover damages
for same negligent act under the RPC or vice-versa.
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PERSONS
I.NATURAL PERSONS
For personality to be acquired one must be born.To be born means
to be alive after the fetus is completely separated from the
mothers womb by cutting off the umbilical cord.
Once birth occurs, personality for favorable purposes retroacts to
the moment of conception.An example of a case where upon birth
occurs personality retroacts to the moment of conception is in case
of succession since it is favorable to the child. On the other hand,
if the purpose is for paying taxes, personality does not retroact
since it is unfavorable to the child.
General Rule: To be born, it is enough that the fetus is alive when
the umbilical cord is cut
Exception: If the intra-uterine life is less than 7 months, it must
live for at least 24 hours, before it is considered born (There is no
distinction as to how the child dies whether natural, accidental,
etc.)
2 component elements of capacity:
1.
Juridical capacity
Capacity to act
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Simultaneous Death
Art. 42. Civil personality is extinguished by death. The effect
of death upon the rights and obligations of the deceased is
determined by law, by contract and by will.
Art. 43. If there is a doubt, as between two or more persons
who are called to succeed each other, as to which of them died
first, whoever alleges the death of one prior
to
the
other, shall prove the same; in the absence of proof, it is
presumed that they died at the same time and there shall be no
transmission of rights from one to the other.
This is a presumption regarding simultaneous death and not a rule
on survivorship. On the other hand, the Rules provide for a
presumption of survivorship based on certain criteria.
RULE 131, RULES OF COURT
(jj) That except for purposes of succession, when two
persons perish in the same calamity, such as
wreck, battle, or conflagration, and it is not
shown who died first, and there are no particular
circumstances from which it can be inferred, the
survivorship is determined from the probabilities
resulting from the strength and age of the sexes,
according to the following rules:
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5.
(2)
(3)
(4)
Art. 49.
Naturalization and the loss and
reacquisition of citizenship of the Philippines are governed by
special laws.
Art. 50. For the exercise of civil rights and the
fulfillment of civil obligations, the domicile of natural persons
is the place of their habitual residence.
The following Articles in the Civil Code mention domicile:
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2.
Article 821
Art. 821. The following are disqualified from being
witnesses to a will:
2.
(1)
(2)
Article 829
Art. 829. A revocation done outside the Philippines,
by a person who does not have his domicile in this
country, is valid when it is done according to the law
of the place where the will was made, or according
to the law of the place in which the testator had his
domicile at the time; and if the revocation takes
place in this country, when it is in accordance with
the provisions of this Code.
II.
3.
Article 1251
Art. 1251.
Payment shall be made in the place
designated in the obligation. In any other case the
place of payment shall be the domicile of the debtor.
If the debtor changes his domicile in bad faith or
after he has incurred in delay, the additional
expenses shall be borne by him.
2006 notes:Court cannot compel the husband to live under one roof
with his wife due to his constitutional right of abode,and this right
is not taken away from him by virtue of his marriage.
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IV.
2006 notes: As a general rule, domicile of the wife follows that of
her husband. However, she may acquire another and separate
domicile from that of her husband:
SURNAMES
3.
III.
JURIDICAL PERSONS
2006 notes:a person can use other names which are authorized by
C.A. No. 142 as amended by R.A. No. 6085 (use of pseudonym)
2006 notes:child who was adopted by natural father can still use
the childs mother surname as middle name since adoption law is
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for the benefit of the adopted child and law is silent as to what
middle name is to be used (Garcia case 2005)
2.
(1)
(2)
(3)
The woman may still use her maiden surname if she wants to,
even if she is already married. She has an option and not a
duty to use the surname of her husband as provided for in
Art. 370. This is the obiter dictum in Yasin vs. Sharia which
cites Tolentino.(delikado diay ni Edmark kay pwede diay
gamitun ni Janice ang iyang apelyido)
VI.
ABSENCE
Absence is that special legal status of one who is not in his
domicile, his whereabouts being unknown and it being
uncertain whether he is dead or alive.
Art. 383.
In the appointment of a
representative, the spouse present shall be preferred
when there is no legal separation.
If the absentee left no spouse, or if the spouse
present is a minor, any competent person may be
appointed by the court.
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3.
(2)
(3)
(4)
b.
(2)
(3)
Art. 386.
The judicial declaration of
absence shall not take effect until six months after
its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
Art. 387.
An administrator of the
absentee's property shall be appointed in
accordance with article 383.
Art. 388. The wife who is appointed as an
administratrix of the husband's property cannot
alienate or encumber the husband's property, or
that of the conjugal partnership, without judicial
authority.
Art. 389. The administration shall cease
in any of the following cases:
(1)
(2)
(3)
2.
In the case of Eastern Shipping vs. Lucas, the Supreme Court did
not apply Article 391. The Supreme Court said that Article 391 is
a rebuttable presumption. Being a presumption, Article 391 is
applied only if there is no evidence. In this case, the Supreme
Court had enough evidence to rule that the seaman was really dead.
4blue 95: in Article 390, the person is presumed dead only on the
last day of the 7th year.
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4blue 95:in Article 391, the person is presumed to be dead on the
day he disappear.
VIII.CIVIL REGISTRY
VII.
FUNERALS
Art. 305. The duty and the right to make arrangements for the
funeral of a relative shall be in accordance with the order
established for support, under article 199. In case of
descendants of the same degree, or of brothers and sisters, the
oldest shall be preferred. In case of ascendants, the paternal
shall have a better right.