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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Remarriage after Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Marriage and Psychological Incapacity


Remarriage after Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Marriage

1.       Can the spouses, whose marriage were declared NULL, remarry again?
YES. Provided that they comply with the following requirements:
a.       The partition and distribution of properties of the spouses are recorded in the appropriate civil registry
b.      The delivery of the children’s presumptive legitime is recorded in the appropriate civil registry

2.       What is the effect if the decree of annulment is not recorded?
The subsequent marriage of either of the former spouse will be null and void.

3.       What is the effect of the null and void subsequent marriage to the children?
The children of the spouses will remain legitimate.

4.       Can a spouse remarry if the other spouse has been absent?
Yes. Provided that the souse had been absent for 4 consecutive years and there is a well-founded belief that the absent spouse was already dead; or incase of disappearance where there is danger of death, absence of consecutive 2 years will suffice.

5.       What are the examples of psychological incapacity?
a.       The husband/ wife refuses to have sex with the spouse.
b.      The husband/ wife refuses to dwell with and subsequently leaves the husband without fault on the part of the latter.
c.       The wife refuses to have children.
d.      There is unbearable jealousy on the part of either party, hence, making the common life of the parties unbearable.
e.      Immaturity or where the husband refuses to support the family.
f.        There is consistent lying and paranoid jealousy.
g.       The husband/ wife cannot shoulder the responsibility of being a parent.

6.       Is Sexual infidelity constitute psychological incapacity?
Sexual infidelity per se does not constitute psychological incapacity. It must be shown that the unfaithfulness of the other spouse is a manifestation of a disordered personality which makes him/ her completely unable to discharge the essential obligations of the marital state.

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