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Ado-An-Morimoto vs. Morimoto and the Republic of the Philippines

ROSARIO D. ADO-AN-MORIMOTO, PETITIONER, VS. YOSHIO MORIMOTO AND THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 247576 | 2021-03-15

THIRD DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
A simulated marriage used as a front for illicitly obtaining benefits is totally inexistent, as the parties to it have no genuine intent to enter into marital relations. Courts must recognize such a marriage as void. To insist on its validity is to enable a greater affront to the institution of marriage than the perceived dangerous tendency of readily declaring it null.

This Court resolves a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure praying that the assailed Court of Appeals Decision[2] and Resolution[3] be reversed and set aside,...