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                    [Title] => In case of doubt…
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Under the new Family Code which took effect on Aug. 7, 1988, a marriage may now be declared null and void from the beginning because of the psychological incapacity of one of the parties to perform the essential marital obligations of living together, observing mutual love, respect and fidelity, and rendering mutual help and support.

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For a marriage to be declared null and void on the ground of psychological incapacity...

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1305223 [Title] => Irrevocable choice [Summary] =>

This case once again shows the high regard that our law and the courts give to marriage as an inviolable social institution. This is the case of Dado, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW).

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 950581 [Title] => Demandahan on annulment process [Summary] =>

Anthony Taberna looks into the process of the annulment of marriage in the country today at 4:45 p.m. on ABS-CBN’s Pinoy True Stories: Demandahan.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 897432 [Title] => No basis [Summary] =>

Is a spouse who has been declared psychologically incapacitated to perform the essential marital obligations liable for moral and exemplary damages and attorney’s fees for hiding his defect?

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133342 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 740984 [Title] => Infidelity is not incapacity [Summary] =>

Are personal differences and quarrels, as well as sexual infidelity signs of personality disorder tantamount to psychological incapacity?

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133342 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 710246 [Title] => Case to case [Summary] =>

Before going to the case, let me correct a mistake first.

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May a spouse recover moral and exemplary damages and attorney’s fees as a consequence of a marriage that has been declared null and void because of the psychological incapacity?

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Are acts of overspending and sexual infidelity sufficient proofs that a spouse is psychologically incapacitated to perform the essential marital obligations as to render his/her marriage null and void under Article 36 of the Family Code (FC)? This is one of the issues resolved in this case of Ric and Tita.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 660002 [Title] => Character flaws [Summary] =>

This case of Lino and Amy once more explains the meaning of “psychological incapacity” as envisioned by the framers of the Family Code when they drafted Article 36 patterned after the Canon Law.

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