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Title I — Marriage

Article 21

EO 209 · Family Code of the Philippines

ELI5— what this means for you

When a marriage involves a foreigner, the foreigner must present a 'certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage' issued by their country's diplomatic or consular official in the Philippines. This proves the foreigner is free to marry under their home country's laws.

Official text — EO 209

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