- Statute
- Philippine Family Code
- Article
- Art. 44
- Topic
- Subsequent marriage in bad faith is void
- Status
- In force
- Year
- 1987
The provision
If both spouses of the subsequent marriage acted in bad faith, said marriage shall be void ab initio and all donations by reason of marriage and testamentary dispositions made by one in favor of the other are revoked by operation of law. (n)
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
When both spouses in a later marriage entered it in bad faith, that marriage is void from the very start, as if it never existed. By operation of law, any gifts one spouse made to the other because of the marriage, and any provisions leaving property to the other in a will, are automatically revoked.
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