REVIEW GUIDE

Mid-term Exams
Persons &
Family Relations

Reduced Coverage
Article 1- 50 NCC
Article 1 – 87 FC
A. When law takes effect (Art.2)

APPLICATION OF LAWS
B. Ignorance of the law (Art. 3)
C. Retroactivity of Laws (Art. 4)
D. Mandatory or Prohibitory Laws (Art. 5)
E. Waiver of Rights (Art. 6)

EFFECT AND
F. Repeal of Laws (Art. 7)
G. Judicial decisions (Art. 8)
H. Duty to Render Judgment (Art. 9)
I. Presumption and Applicability of Customs (Art. 10-12)
J. Legal Periods (Art. 13)
K. Applicability of Penal Laws (Art. 14)
L. Conflict of Laws (Art. 15-18)
M. Human Relations (Art. 19-28)

Exclude: Independent Civil Action & Prejudicial Question (Art.

29-36)
A. Capacity to Act
i. Civil Personality (Art. 37)

PERSONS AND
ii. Restrictions and Modifiers on Capacity to

PERSONALITY
Act (Art. 38-39)
iii. Births (Art. 40-41)
iv. Death (Art. 42-43)
v. Domicile and Residence (Art 50-51)

Exclude: Citizenship
Requisites of Marriage
A. Nature of Marriage (Art. 1)
B. Kinds of Requisites (Art. 2-3)

MARRIAGE
C. Effect of Absence of Requisites (Art. 4)
D. Legal Capacity (Art. 5)
E. Ceremony (Art . 6)
F. Solemnizing Authority (Art. 7-8, 10)
G. Exceptions to Public Solemnization (Art 35 (2))
H. License Required (Arts 3(2), 9, 11, 20, 26)
I. Foreign National (Art. 21)
J. Exceptions to Marriage License Requirement (Art. 27, 31-32, 34)
K. Marriage Certificate (Art. 22)
L. Effect of Marriage Celebrated Abroad and Foreign Divorce (Art.
26)

Exclude: Duties of a Civil Registrar (Art. 12-19, 23-25)

Void and Voidable Marriage
A. Void Marriages (Art. 5, 35, 36-38, 52-53)
B. Prescription (Art. 39)

MARRIAGE
C. Subsequent Marriages (Art. 40-44)
D. Annullable Marriages (Art. 14, 45-47)
E. Presence of the Prosecutor
F. Pendency of Action
G. Effects of Nullity (Art. 50-54)

Legal Separation
H. Grounds for Legal Separation (Art. 55)
I. Defenses (Art. 56 – 57)
J. Cooling Off Period (Art. 58)
K. Reconciliation Efforts (Art. 59)
L. Confession of Judgment (Art. 60)
M. Effects of Filing Petition for Legal Separation (Art. 61)
N. Effects of Pendency of Petition for Legal Separation (Art. 62)
O. Effects of Legal Separation (Art. 63-64)
P. Reconciliation (Art. 65-67)
Rights and Obligations between Husband and
Wife

MARRIAGE
A. Essential Obligations (Art. 68)
B. Family Domicile (Art. 69)
C. Support (Art. 70)
D. Management of Household (Art. 71)
E. Effect of Neglect of Duty (Art. 72)
F. Exercise of Profession (Art. 73)
Property relations of Spouses (Art. 74)
G. Marriage Settlements (Art. 76-81)
H. Donations by reason of Marriage (Art. 82-
83, 86, 43 (3), 50)
 MID-TERM EXAM
Type:
 Multiple Choice
 Essay

Manner of Exam:
 Synchronous on line

Instructions:
 Log-In to Google Meet
 Open your Audio and Video
 Log-in to PFR Google classroom
 The exam is embedded in a Google Document
 Take the exam within the time limit
 Period: 3 ½ hours (1:30 PM – 5:00 PM)