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Court Decision on Marriage Nullity Petition by Rudnar Jay Bañares Barbara is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Supreme Court of the Philippines granted the petition for review filed by Paul Ambrose, a US citizen, challenging the dismissal of his petition for nullity of marriage by the regional trial court. The regional trial court had dismissed the petition on the ground that Ambrose, as a foreigner, lacked legal capacity to file under the nationality principle of the Civil Code. However, the Supreme Court ruled that the validity of a marriage is governed by the law of the place where the marriage was solemnized
- Author
- Rudnar Jay Bañares Barbara
- Language
- EN