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Republic of the Philippines vs. Cipriano Orbecido III 472 SCRA 114

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus CIPRIANO ORBECIDO III, Respondent.

G.R. No. 154380 | 2005-10-05

FIRST DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
QUISUMBING, J.:
 
Given a valid marriage between two Filipino citizens, where one party is later naturalized as a foreign citizen and obtains a valid divorce decree capacitating him or her to remarry, can the Filipino spouse likewise remarry under Philippine law?

Before us is a case of first impression that behooves the Court to make a definite ruling on this apparently novel question, presented as a pure question of law.

In this petition for review, the Solicitor General assails the Decision[1] dated May 15, 2002, of the Regional Trial Court of Molave, Zamboanga del Sur, Branch 23 and its Resolution[2]...