- Statute
- Family Code
- Article
- Art. 34
- Topic
- Marriage license exemption for five-year cohabitation
- Year
- 1987
The provision
No license shall be necessary for the marriage of a man and a woman who have lived together as husband and wife for at least five years and without any legal impediment to marry each other. The contracting parties shall state the foregoing facts in an affidavit before any person authorized by law to administer oaths. The solemnizing officer shall also state under oath that he ascertained the qualifications of the contracting parties are found no legal impediment to the marriage. (76a)
Cases applying this article
- Elizabeth De Guia-Godino v. William Godino G.R. No. 237468
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