[CIVIL LAW LECTURE]Nationality Principle and Absolute Divorces in the Philippines | INTRO TO PERSONS

Welcome back, kapatid to our on-going series on Persons and Family Relations. In our last lesson, we began with the Conflict of Laws provisions of the Civil Code of the Philippines. We learned about Article 14 and the principle of generality and the principle of territoriality.

We learned that our penal laws, our laws on public security and safety are binding not only to Filipinos who are living in the Philippines, but to everyone else who is staying here, even temporarily. We also learned about the exceptions to these principles – for instances when crimes committed abroad may be prosecuted here, or those who commit crimes here, but may not be prosecuted here. In case you missed it, I’ll be leaving a link to that in the description down below.

Today, we’re looking at Article 15 of the Civil Code, which provides that, “Laws relating to family rights and duties, or to the status, condition and legal capacity of persons are binding upon citizens of the Philippines, even though living abroad.”

Article 15 of the Civil Code contains the nationality principle under Conflict of Laws. By the end of today’s lesson, we should be able to:

1. Define family rights and duties and their sources
2. Distinguish between status, condition and legal capacity
3. Correctly identify the applicable law, given a Conflict of Law situation.

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SHOW NOTES:

4. Must-read cases under Article 26 of the Family Code:

[eugenejr.subrado]

Got 18/20. Really liked this episode. It took me twice to see the video and took the quiz. Thanks and more lectures to come. And yes to everything.

[selainebalean]

Hi Sir! Super yes to longer videos and longer than usual quizzes. I really appreciate your efforts to explain rules and provisions as clear as possible.

It's tempting to take the quiz immediately but I don't want to rely on stock knowledge. I'll post my score once I'm done with the assigned cases to read.

I'm excited and looking forward to the Coffee Break mentioned din po.

See you on Coffee Break 👍👍

[leonajeanvillanueva]

I had this habit that after reading law books, I’ll go ahead and go to your channel so I can understand more the context or concept of the provision and I’m so happy that after taking the quiz I was able to evaluate my learnings🥺 Thank you so much po. You really did a great job. More videos ❣️

[dianaganduli]

Thank you attorney, more of this pls. Your video helps me a lot to understand every article of person and family.

[ghernandez]

Your channel has helped me greatly in our PFR class. Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to create such informative, insightful and entertaining videos. More power and success to your channel. THANK YOU SO MUCH PO! <3

[teddysantos]

An avalanche of jurisprudential pronouncements. It's getting real in the House of Lex!

[clarenceciervo]

Thank you so much for this sir Lex! I really like this topic because it happens in real life and your lectures are very informative. It enables me to understand the law better.

[teddysantos]

And there goes another excellent lecture! 👏👏👏 I doubt it very much if I'll be able to understand this as much if I were sitting in a classroom.

[princessjoycruz]

Thank you po sa mga lectures atty! More Power!

[austinmadelo]

Yes to more sir lex. Got 14/20 on this one. Thank you so much for the videos. I’ll do better next time hehe

[thankmelater]

15/20. Thanks Atty. Lex, i can say that you are a good teacher, because i can comprehend to your lecture. My mistakes in the exam are the facts of the cases that must be read before taking the exam. So next time I will read the cases first before answering your exams! Thank you and Godbless. Until next friday, Hear You!

[emejotanamo]

Yes. 15/20. Yesterday, i took the quiz. Thank you po sa opportunity to learn.

[donnamiaplantado]

Yes na yes for more lecture videos! 🙏❤️❤️❤️

[marygraceeunicejimenez]

17/20 po🙏 thank you so much Atty. for all the learnings 🙂
Na refresh po ako sa EO 209 😇 nakakaduling po magbasa ng mahaba pero worth it parin.
YES to educational videos like this!

[carmiveloza]

Thanks for this kapatid and YES to more content of this nature! Got 16/20. 😊

[jinallenrosaroso]

Yes, you're always of great help. Boses nyo pa lang po with certainty na kya mas nkka encourage

[sanisheryll]

Got 17/20 and I can’t believe it Atty Lex. I hope I could get a high score in my pfr subject too 😅

[junatorres]

Yes atty 😊 More content like this please.

[sheenavillanueva]

yes. thank you . God bless and keep safe

[brianadam]

10/20 I better take notes and read the cases next time 😅