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Republic vs. Court of Appeals & Molina [SEPARATE OPINION, VITUG, J.]

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and RORIDEL OLAVIANO MOLINA, respondents. [ SEPARATE OPINION VITUG, J. ]

G.R. No. 108763 | 1997-02-13

SEPARATE OPINION
 
VITUG, J., concurring: 
 
I fully concur with my esteemed colleague Mr. Justice Artemio V. Panganiban in his ponencia, and I find to be most helpful the guidelines that he prepared for the bench and the bar in the proper appreciation of Article 36 of Executive Order No. 209 ("The Family Code of the Philippines"). The term "psychological incapacity" was neither defined nor exemplified by the Family Code. Thus - 
 
"Art. 36. A marriage contracted by any party who, at the time of the celebration, was psychologically incapacitated to comply with the essential marital obligations of...