Sample Examinations Civil Law
Sample Examinations Civil Law
CIVIL LAW
I.
State whether the following marital unions are valid, void, or voidable, and give the corresponding
justifications for your answer:
(a) Ador and Becky's marriage wherein Ador was afflicted with AIDS prior to the marriage.
(2%)
(b) Carlos' marriage to Dina which took place after Dina had poisoned her previous husband
Edu in order to free herself from any impediment in order to live with Carlos. (2%)
(c) Eli and Fely's marriage solemnized seven years after the disappearance of Chona, Eli's
previous spouse, after the plane she had boarded crashed in the West Philippine Sea. (2%)
(d) David who married Lina immediately the day after obtaining a judicial decree annulling
his prior marriage to Elisa. (2%)
(e) Marriage of Zoren and Carmina who did not secure a marriage license prior to their
wedding, but lived together as husband and wife for 10 years without any legal impediment
to marry. (2%)
II.
Danny and Elsa were married in 2002. In 2012, Elsa left the conjugal home and her two minor
children with Danny to live with her paramour. In 2015, Danny sold without Elsa's consent a parcel of
land registered in his name that he had purchased prior to the marriage. Danny used the proceeds
of the sale to pay for his children's tuition fees.