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Republic vs. Dagdag

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs ERLINDA MATIAS DAGDAG, respondent.

G.R. No. 109975 | 2001-02-09

QUISUMBING, J.:

For review on certiorari is the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated April 22, 1993, in CA-G.R. CV No. 34378, which affirmed the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Olongapo City in Civil Case No. 380-0-90 declaring the marriage of Erlinda Matias Dagdag and Avelino Dagdag void under Article 36 of the Family Code.

On September 7, 1975, Erlinda Matias, 16 years old, married Avelino Parangan Dagdag, 20 years old, at the Iglesia Filipina Independent Church in Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija.[2] The marriage certificate was issued by the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of the Municipality of Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija, on October...