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Vitanggol vs. People

NORBERTO A. VITANGCOL, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 207406 | 2016-01-13

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
Persons intending to contract a second marriage must first secure a judicial declaration of nullity of their first marriage. If they proceed with the second marriage without the judicial declaration, they are guilty of bigamy regardless of evidence of the nullity of the first marriage.

This resolves a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] assailing the Court of Appeals Decision[2] dated July 18, 2012 and Resolution[3] dated June 3, 2013. The Court of Appeals affirmed with modification the Decision[4] of Branch 25 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila convicting petitioner Norberto Abella Vitangcol (Norberto) of...