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Dedicatoria vs. Dedicatoria and Republic

JENNIFER A. DEDICATORIA, PETITIONER, VS. FERDINAND M. DEDICATORIA AND REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 250618 |

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N
 
LOPEZ, M., J.:
 
Psychological incapacity as a ground to consider a marriage void under Article 36 of the Family Code, is not a medical, but a legal concept. Application of rigid medical parameters for its determination is, thus, ill-suited. Expert opinions furnished by psychiatrists or psychologists on the psychological temperament of parties are not indispensable.[1] It is enough that the totality of clear and convincing evidence proves that an enduring aspect of a spouse's personality, existing at the time of the celebration of marriage, render him or her incapable of understanding or...