CIVIL CODE PROVISIONS: ARTICLE 21: Acts Contra Bonus Mores ARTICLE 38 & 39: Restricitions and

Modifications on Capacity to Act

ARTICLE 1: Title of the code
ARTICLE 2: Effectivity of laws
ARTICLE 3: Ignorantia legis non excusat
ARTICLE 4: Non- Retroactivity of laws
ARTICLE 5: Mandatory and Prohibitory laws
ARTICLE 6: Waiver of Rights
ARTICLE 7: Repeal of Laws
ARTICLE 8: Doctrine of Stare Decisis
ARTICLE 9: Duty of judges
ARTICLE 10: Doubt in interpretation of laws
ARTICLE 11: Contrary to law customs
ARTICLE 12: Custom proved as a fact
ARTICLE 13: Rule on Periods (eo 292)
ARTICLE 14: Principle of Generality
ARTICLE 15: Lex loci nationali
ARTICLE 22: Principle of Unjust Enrichment
ARTICLE 23: Liability without fault or
negligence
ARTICLE 24: Protection of Disadvantaged
ARTICLE 25: Thoughtless Extravagance
ARTICLE 26: Protection of Human Dignity
ARTICLE 27: Liability of Public servants or
employee
ARTICLE 28: Unfair Competition
ARTICLE 29: Delict as source of Civil Liab.
ARTICLE 30: Implied Institution of Civil
Action
ARTICLE 31: Independent Civil Action
(32-34)
ARTICLE 32: Violation of Const. Liberties
ARTICLE 33: Defamation, fraud, Physical
Injuries
CHAPTER 2: NATURAL PERSONS
ARTICLE 40: What determines Personality
ARTICLE 41: When is a person deemed born
ARTICLE 42: Extinction of Civil Personality
ARTICLE 43: Rules on Survivorship
ARTICLE 44: Juridical Persons
ARTICLE 45: Laws on Juridical Persons
ARTICLE 46: Rights of Juridical Persons
ARTICLE 47: Dissolution of corporations…
ARTICLE 48: Citizens of the Philippines
ARTICLE 49: Naturalization
ARTICLE 50:Domicile of natural persons
ARTICLE 51: Rule when there is no domicile
of juridical persons

ARTICLE 16: Lex Rei Sitae ARTICLE 34: City or municipal police liab.

ARTICLE 17: Lex Loci celebrationis
ARTICLE 18: Suppletory application of CC
CHAPTER 2 Human Relations
ARTICLE 19: Principle of abuse of right
ARTICLE 20: Acts contrary to law
ARTICLE 35: Cases where no Independent
Civil Action is granted
ARTICLE 36: Prejudicial Questions
TITLE 1: CIVIL PERSONALITY
ARTICLE 37: Juridical Capacity & Capacity
to Act
PERSONS PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1: Marriage as Special Contract
ARTICLE 2: Essential Requisites (LC)
ARTICLE 3: Formal Requisites (ALM)
ARTICLE 4: Absence, Defect and Irregularity
of article 2 & 3
ARTICLE 5: Legal Capacity (18 y.o up)
ARTICLE 6: Marriage Ceremony
ARTICLE 7: Persons Authorized to solemnize
marriage ( I-P-S-M-C-M)
ARTICLE 8: Place of Marriage
ARTICLE 9: Issuance of Marriage License
ARTICLE 10: Authority of Consuls to
solemnize marraiges
ARTICLE 11 – 21: Procedure in Procuring
Marriage License
ARTICLE 11: Sworn Application of license
ARTICLE 12 & 13: Documents accompanying
application
ARTICLE 14: Additional requirement for 18-
20 y.o ( parental
consent)
ARTICLE 15: 21-25 Parental advice
ARTICLE 16: Marriage counselling for 18-25
ARTICLE 17: Notice and publication of
application
ARTICLE 18: Impediment known to LCR
ARTICLE 19: Payment of fees
ARTICLE 20: Validity of License
ARTICLE 21: Certificate of legal capacity for
aliens
ARTICLE 22 - 25: Marriage Certificate
ARTICLE 22: Contents of M.C.
ARTICLE 23: Distribution of copies
ARTICLE 24: Duty of LCR
ARTICLE 25: Recording of MC
ARTICLE 26: Validity of marriages
solemnized abroad.
Filipino-foreigner marriage
CHAPTER 2: Marriages Exempt from
License Requirement (27-34)
ARTICLE 27: Articulo Mortis
ARTICLE 28: Marriages in remote places
ARTICLE 29: Affidavit by solemnizing officer
ARTICLE 30: Affidavit to be sent to LCR
ARTICLE 31:Authority of Ship Captain or
Airplane Chief to solemnize marriage
ARTICLE 32: Authority of Military
Commander to solemnize marriage
ARTICLE 33: Marriages among Muslims or
among ethnic cultural communities
ARTICLE 34: Marital Cohabitation
CHAPTER 3: Void and Voidable Marriages
VOID: (35, 36, 37, 38, 44, 53)
VOIDABLE: ( 45,46)
ARTICLE 35: Void (18-S-L-B-M-53)
ARTICLE 36: Psychological Incapacity
ARTICLE 37: Incestuous marriage
ARTICLE 38: Void for reasons of public
policy ( 9
circumstances)
ARTICLE 39: Non-prescription for declaration
of absolute nullity of marriage
ARTICLE 40: Judicial Declaration of Nullity
ARTICLE 41: Subsequent bigamous marriage a
(gen rule)
Declaration of presumptive death (Excptn)
ARTICLE 42: Affidavit of Reappearance
ARTICLE 43: Termination of subsequent
marriage referred in article 42 (5 circumstances)
ARTICLE 44: Where both parties acted in bad
faith
ARTICLE 45: Voidable Marriage
(W-U-C-F-P-S)
ARTICLE 46: Fraud (N-P-S-D)
ARTICLE 47: Prescriptive Period for voidable
marriages
ARTICLE 48: Prevention of Collusion and
Stipulation of facts
(voidable)
ARTICLE 49: Support of spouses and custody
and support of common children (pendency of
action)
ARTICLE 50: Applicability of art. 43 (2-5) and
44 on marriages declared void under 40 and 45
ARTICLE 51: Presumptive Legitimes
ARTICLE 52: Requirement Registration
ARTICLE 53: Failure to comply with art 52;
Subsequent marriage will be void
ARTICLE 54: Status of children under 36 & 53
TITLE II: LEGAL SEPARATION
ARTICLE 55: Grounds for legal sep
(R-P-C-F-D-L-C-S-A-A)
ARTICLE 56: Denial for petition
(C-C-C-E-C-P)
ARTICLE 57: Period to file an action
ARTICLE 58: Cooling off period
ARTICLE 59: No issuance unless
reconciliation is highly improbable
ARTICLE 60: Stipulation of facts, confession
of judgment
ARTICLE 61: After filing, spouses entitled to
live separately
ARTICLE 62: Applicability of art 49 during
pendency
ARTICLE 63: Effect of Decree of Leg Sep.
ARTICLE 64: Revocation of donations of
innocent spouse
ARTICLE 65: Joint manifestation under oath if
spouses should reconcile
ARTICLE 66: Effects of Reconciliation (2 circ)
ARTICLE 67: Contents of Revival of former
property regime
TITLE III: Rights and obligations between
husband and wife (68-
73)
ARTICLE 68: Live together, observe mutual
love…etc
ARTICLE 69: Fixing the Family Domicile
ARTICLE 70: Joint responsibility for support
of family
ARTICLE 71: Management of household
ARTICLE 72: Neglect of duty to conjugal
union – application to the court for relief
ARTICLE 73: Exercise of Profession,
Business, Activity
TITLE IV: PROPERTY RELATIONS
BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE
ARTICLE 74: What governs Prop relations (3)
ARTICLE 75: Regime agreed upon on
Marriage Settlement
ARTICLE 76: Allowed Modification in M.S
ARTICLE 77: Formalities required
ARTICLE 78: Parties to M.S (In cases of
below 21)
ARTICLE 79: Requisites for validity of M.S in
cases there is civil
interdiction
ARTICLE 80: Laws Governing Prop Relations
GEN RULE: PH. LAWS
XPN: (A-E-E)
ARTICLE 81: Effect in M.S When marriage
does not take place
TITLE IV: CHAPTER 2: DONATIONS BY
REASON OF MARRIAGE (82-87)
ARTICLE 82: Donations Propter Nuptias
ARTICLE 83: Rule Governing D.P.N
ARTICLE 84: Limitation between future
spouses. Regime other than ACP, donation not
more than 1/5
ARTICLE 85: Donations subject to
encumbrance (valid)
ARTICLE 86: Revocation of donation (N-C-A-
L-R-I)
ARTICLE 87: Donations during marriage, void
(gen.rule) xpn: moderate gifts
CHAPTER 3:SYSTEM OF ABSOLUTE
COMMUNITY PROPERTY (88-108)
ARTICLE 88: Commencement of ACP
ARTICLE 89: No waiver of rights, except on
judicial separation or
property
ARTICLE 90: Provisions on Co-ownership
shall apply
ARTICLE 91: What Consists ACP
ARTICLE 92: Excluded properties (G-P-L)
ARTICLE 93: Property acquired during
marriage - ACP
ARTICLE 94: Charges upon ACP
(S-A-D-T-P-E-A-V-A-
L)
ARTICLE 95: wins in gambling- ACP
lost in gambling – loser spouse
ARTICLE 96: Administration and Enjoyment a
of ACP – Both spouses
ARTICLE 97: Dispose by will
ARTICLE 98: Donation without consent, not
allowed except moderate
donations
ARTICLE 99: Termination of ACP (D-L-A-J)
ARTICLE 100: Separation In Fact
ARTICLE 101: Abandonment/ failure to
comply with obli. of one spouse
ARTICLE 102: Liquidation of ACP
ARTICLE 103: Mandatory Liquidation upon
death of one spouse
ARTICLE 104: liquidation of 2 or more
marriages by the same person before
effectivity of this code
CHAPTER 4: CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP
OF GAINS (105-133)
ARTICLE 105: Suppletory application of
Family code
ARTICLE 106: CPG, Explained
ARTICLE 107: Applicability of 88 & 89
ARTICLE 108: Governed by rules of contract
of partnership
SECTION 2: Exclusive property (E.P.)
ARTICLE 109: Exclusive property in CPG (4)
ARTICLE 110: Retain ownership, possessions,
administration and enjoyment
ARTICLE 111: Disposition of E.P
ARTICLE 112: Alienation, administered by
other spouse
ARTICLE 113: Right of Accretion
ARTICLE 114: Onerous Donations charges,E.P
ARTICLE 115: Retirement, benefits..etc.
ARTICLE 116: Presumption in favor of CPG
ARTICLE 117: What consists CPG
(O-L-F-H-O-L-C)
ARTICLE 118: Property bought on
installments, paid partly from EP, partly
from CPG
ARTICLE 119: When there is an amount or
credit payable to one spouse
ARTICLE 120: Improvement on E.P
ARTICLE 121: Charges upon CPG
(S-A-D-T-P-E-A-V-A-L)
ARTICLE 122: Payment of Personal Debts
ARTICLE 123: Gambling (same with 95)
ARTICLE 124: Administration and Enjoyment
of CPG; Both spouses jointly
ARTICLE 125: Donation without consent, not
allowed except moderate
donations
ARTICLE 126: Termination of CPG (D-L-A-J)
ARTICLE 127: Separation In Fact
ARTICLE 128: Abandonment/ failure to
comply with obli. of one spouse
ARTICLE 129: Liquidation of CPG
(I-A-R-D-W-L-N-P-L)
ARTICLE 130: Mandatory Liquidation upon
death of one spouse
ARTICLE 131: liquidation of 2 or more
marriages by the same person before
effectivity of this code
ARTICLE 132: Appraisal and sale of property
ARTICLE 133: Support to surviving spouse
during liquidation
CHAPTER 5: SEPARATION OF
PROPERTY (134-142)
ARTICLE 134: Separation of Property, when it
may take place
ARTICLE 135: Sufficient cause for judicial
separation of properties (C-J-L-A-G-1)
ARTICLE 136: Voluntary Separation of Prop.
ARTICLE 137: Effect of decree
ARTICLE 138: After dissolution, prov on
complete separation of property
ARTICLE 139: Recording in LCR
ARTICLE 140: No prejudice of rights on
creditors
ARTICLE 141: Revival of Previous Property
regime (7
circumstances)
ARTICLE 142: Transfer of Administration of
Exclusive property (4 circumstances)
CHAPTER 6: REGIME OF SEPARATION
OF PROPERTY (143-146)
ARTICLE 143: agreed upon in MS
ARTICLE 144: May refer to present or future
property or both
ARTICLE 145: Administration and Enjoyment
ARTICLE 146: Family expenses – both spouse
CHAPTER 7: PROPERTY REGIME OF
UNIONS WITHOUT MARRIAGE (147-148)
ARTICLE 147: No legal impediment; under a
void marriage; or no benefit of marriage
ARTICLE 148: bigamous, adulterous,
concubinage, both man and woman married to
other persons.
TITLE V: THE FAMILY
CHAPTER 1: FAMILY AS AN
INSTITUTION
ARTICLE 149: family as an institution
ARTICLE 150:Family Relations (H-P-O-B)
ARTICLE 151: No suit between members of
same family
ARTICLE 152: Family home = dwelling
ARTICLE 153: When deemed constituted
ARTICLE 154: Beneficiaries of family home
ARTICLE 155: Gen. rule: exempt from
execution, etc. (XPN: N-I-S-D)
ARTICLE 156: Family home, part of
properties
ARTICLE 157: actual value of family home
ARTICLE 158: Alienation or encumbrance of
family Home
ARTICLE 159: Continuance of family home
ARTICLE 160: Execution sale of family home
ARTICLE 161: May be beneficiary of One
family home
ARTICLE 162: Govern existing Family Home
TITLE 6: PATERNITY AND FILIATION
ARTICLE 163: Paternity and Filiation
ARTICLE 164: Legiimate Children
ARTICLE 165: Illegitimate Children
ARTICLE 166: Grounds to impugn legitimacy
ARTICLE 167: Presumption applies even when
mother declared against child’s legitimacy
ARTICLE 168: Presumption as to when the
child is conceive (prior or subsequent marriage)
ARTICLE 169: Born after 300 days following
termination of marriage
ARTICLE 170: Period to file action to impugn
ARTICLE 171: When heirs of husband may
impugn (3
circumstances)
TITLE VI CHAPTER 2: PROOF OF
FILIATION (172-174)
ARTICLE 172: Filiation of legitimate children
ARTICLE 173: Period to file action to claim
legitimacy
ARTICLE 174: Right of legitimate children
CHAPTER 3: ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN
(175 & 176)
ARTICLE 175: Establishment of filiation
ARTICLE 176: Rights of Illegitimate
CHAPTER 4: LEGITIMATED CHILDREN
(177-182)
ARTICLE 177: Who are legitimated children
ARTICLE 178: When legitimation takes place
ARTICLE 179: Same right with legitimate
ARTICLE 180: Retroactive effect of
legitimation
ARTICLE 181: legitimation of children who
died before celeb of
marriage
ARTICLE 182: Who may impugn
TITLE VII ADOPTION (183-193 - amended)
RA 8552- DOMESTIC ADOPTION
Section 1 – Title
Section 2 - Declaration of Policies
Section 3 – Definition of terms
Section 4 – Counseling service (B-P-P)
Section 5 - Location of Unknown Parent(s)
Section 6 - Support Services
Section 7 – Who may adopt (3 CIRC.)
Section 8 – Who may be adopted (6)
Section 9 - Whose Consent is Necessary to the
Adoption
Section 10 - Hurried Decisions.
Section 11 – Case Study
Section 12 - Supervised Trial Custody
Section 13 - Decree of Adoption
Section 14 - Civil Registry Record
Section 15 - Confidential Nature of Proceedings
and Records.
EFFECTS OF ADOPTION
Section 16 – Parental Authority
Section 17 – Legitimacy
Section 18 – Succession
RESCISSION OF ADOPTION
Section 19 - Grounds for Rescission of
Adoption.
Section 20 - Effects of Rescission.
VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
Section 21 - Violations and Penalties.
Section 22 - Rectification of Simulated Births.
INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION
PROCEDURE
Section 7 - Inter-Country Adoption as the Last
Resort.
Section 8 - Who May be Adopted
Section 9 – Who may adopt
Section 10 – Where to file application
TITLE VIII: SUPPORT ( 194-208)
ARTICLE 194:What comprises support
ARTICLE 195: Persons oblige to support each
other
ARTICLE 196: Support between siblings
ARTICLE 197: Properties Answerable for
Support
ARTICLE 198: When right to support ceases
ARTICLE 199: Order of liability of support
ARTICLE 200: When Obligation falls upon 2
persons
ARTICLE 201: Amount of support –
proportionate to
resources
ARTICLE 202: Reduction or Increase in 201
ARTICLE 203: Demandability and Payment
ARTICLE 204: Manner of payment
ARTICLE 205: Right to receive support cannot
be levied upon on attachment and execution
ARTICLE 206: When support given by a
stranger
ARTICLE 207: When Person oblige to give
support unjustly refuses or fails
ARTICLE 208: Contractual support and given
by will
TITLE IX: PARENTAL AUTHORITY
(209-233)
ARTICLE 209: What it include
ARTICLE 210: Cannot be renounced
ARTICLE 211: Parents who exercise parental
authority
ARTICLE 212: Absence or death of either
parent
ARTICLE 213: In case of separation of parents
ARTICLE 214: SubPA of Grandparents
ARTICLE 215: No descendant shall be
compelled to testify
CHAPTER 2: SUB AND SPECIAL P.A
ARTICLE 216: Substitute P.A (S-O-C)
ARTICLE 217: Sub PA over Foundlings,
Abandoned and Neglected
Child
ARTICLE 218: Who exercises Special P.A
ARTICLE 219: Principal and Solidary liability
of persons under 218
CHAPTER 3: EFFECT OF P.A
ARTICLE 220: Right and duties of those
exercising Parental
authority (C-L-
M-E-F-R-D-I-O)
ARTICLE 221: Liability of Parents and other
persons exercising P.A
ARTICLE 222: Guardian ad litem
ARTICLE 223: Petition for Disciplinary Action
ARTICLE 224: Commitment of child in
entities/institution
CHAPTER 4: EFFECT OF P.A. UPON
PROPERTY OF CHILDREN
ARTICLE 225: Joint legal Guardianship of
Parents over property
ARTICLE 226: Property earned or acquired by
child with his work or industry
ARTICLE 227: Entrustment of management
and admin to an unemancipated child
CHAPTER 5: SUSPENSION OR
TERMINATION OF P.A
ART 228: Permanent termination (D-D-E)
ARTICLE 229: Unless subsequently revived by
a final judgment, PA terminated: (A-A-J-F-J)
ARTICLE 230: Suspension (Civil Interdiction)
ARTICLE 231: Suspension (T-G-C-S)
ARTICLE 232: Termination when child was
subjected to sexual
abuse
ARTICLE 233: Authority of persons exercising
Substitute P.A
TITLE X: EMANCIPATION (234-237)
RA 6808
ARTICLE 234:When it takes place
ARTICLE 235: Repealed
ARTICLE 236: Termination of P.A upon
emancipation
ARTICLE 237: Repealed
TITLE X: FUNERALS (CIVIL CODE)
(305-310)
ARTICLE 305: Funeral Arrangements: who has
the right and duty
ARTICLE 306: Social position of deceased
ARTICLE 307: In accordance with express ARTICLE 375: Identity of names and surnames
wishes of deceased between ascendants and descendants

ARTICLE 308: Human remains cannot be ARTICLE 376: Change of surname – judicial
disposed w/o consent of those in art 294 authority

ARTICLE 309: Liability for disrespect ARTICLE 377: Usurpation of name and
surname
ARTICLE 310: Tombstone-part of family
expenses ARTICLE 378: Unauthorized use of surname

ARTICLE 379: Pen names or stage names

TITLE XIII – USE OF SURNAMES (364- ARTICLE 380: Use of diff names and
380) surnames

ARTICLE 364: Legitimate and legitimated

shall principally use the surname of the father

ARTICLE 365: In case of adopted

ARTICLE 366: Natural child, acknowledged

ARTICLE 367: Natural children by legal

fiction

ARTICLE 368: Illegitimate children in 287

ARTICLE 369: Children conceived before

decree annulling voidable marriages

ARTICLE 370: Use of surname of married

woman

ARTICLE 371:Annulment; wife guilty party

ARTICLE 372: In case of Legal Separation

ARTICLE 373: Widow’s choice of surname

ARTICLE 374: Identity of names and surnames