Page 42 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 42. The subsequent marriage referred to

in the preceding Article shall be automatically

terminated by the recording of the affidavit of

reappearance of the absent spouse, unless

there is a judgment annulling the previous

marriage or declaring it void ab initio.

A sworn statement of the fact and

circumstances of reappearance shall be

recorded in the civil registry of the residence of

the parties to the subsequent marriage at the

instance of any interested person, with due

notice to the spouses of the subsequent

marriage and without prejudice to the fact of

reappearance being judicially determined in

case such fact is disputed. (n)