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This document summarizes a Supreme Court of the Philippines case regarding whether a second marriage was valid given a previous marriage that was declared void. The court discussed that under the Civil Code in effect at the time, a void marriage is considered nonexistent from the beginning, unlike a voidable marriage which is valid until annulled. It was determined that the first marriage was void for lacking a marriage license, so the second marriage was valid and did not require a judicial declaration of

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Inna Ladislao

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