Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. said marriages solemnized by dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo will remain valid as long as it was performed under “good faith”.
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00:00I will just refer you directly to the Family Code, Chapter 3, Article 35, Number 2.
00:14Those solemnized, the following marriages shall be void from the beginning.
00:21Number 2. Those solemnized by any person not legally authorized to perform marriages unless such marriages were contracted with either or both parties believing in good faith that the solemnizing officer had the legal authority to do so.
00:39Article 35 states that the following marriages shall be void from the beginning.
00:48Number 2. Those solemnized by any person not legally authorized to perform marriages unless such marriages were contracted with either or both parties believing in good faith that the solemnizing officer had the legal authority to do so.
01:01However, if one or both of these marriages happened in good faith that the solemnizing officer had the legal authority to do so.
01:16So, if you are a good faith believer that the solemnizing officer had the legal authority to do so.
01:23As for me, I guess most of them looked at it that way because he is a mayor.
01:30You could make use of this article.
01:33It's Chapter 3, void and voidable, Article 35, Number 2.
01:39So, it's not voidable based on that?
01:41Under void and voidable marriage.
01:45Yes.
01:47Because there is a good faith.
01:50There is a good faith that you believe in something.