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Judicial Recognition of Foreign Marriage Nullity by Stephen Celoso Escartin is a document available to read on EtoBox.

1) Minoru Fujiki, a Japanese national, filed a petition in Philippine court to recognize a Japanese family court judgment declaring the marriage between Marinay, a Filipino citizen, and Shinichi Maekara void due to bigamy. 2) The trial court dismissed the petition on the grounds that only a spouse can file to declare a marriage void, not a third party. Fujiki argued the judgment can be recognized through a Rule 108 proceeding for correction of civil registry entries. 3) The Supreme Court ruled that while a

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Stephen Celoso Escartin

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