What is legally required if either contracting party is between eighteen and twenty-one years old?
The law rigidly mandates formal parental consent for individuals specifically within a certain younger age bracket who wish to legally marry. If either or both of the contracting parties are precisely between the exact ages of eighteen and twenty-one, they absolutely must legally exhibit parental consent. This crucial parental consent must directly originate from their father, mother, surviving parent, or guardian, in that exact priority order. This legal consent absolutely must be securely manifested in writing, pursuant to Article 15 Family Code of the Philippines. “Art. 15. In case either or both of the contracting parties, not having been emancipated by a previous marriage, are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, they shall, in addition to the requirements of the preceding articles, exhibit to the local civil registrar, the consent to their marriage of their father, mother, surviving parent or guardian, or persons having legal charge of them, in the order mentioned.” 31-Jul-26About Nicolas and De Vega Law Offices
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