Article 81
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Marriages between the following are incestuous and void from their performance, whether the relationship between the parties be legitimate or illegitimate: (1) Between ascendants and descendants of any degree.
Official text — RA 386
Marriages between the following are incestuous and void from their performance, whether the relationship between the parties be legitimate or illegitimate:
(1) Between ascendants and descendants of any degree;
(2) Between brothers and sisters, whether of the full or half blood;
(3) Between collateral relatives by blood within the fourth civil degree. (28a)
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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