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Title I — Marriage

Article 37

EO 209 · Family Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

ELI5— what this means for you

These marriages are incestuous and absolutely void: between ascendants and descendants (parent-child, grandparent-grandchild), and between brothers and sisters whether of the full or half blood. Closeness of blood relation is the disqualification.

Official text — EO 209

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