Rule 34 (Judgment on the Pleadings): 2019 Proposed Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure

[See Introduction and Menu; Rule 6; Rule 7; Rule 8; Rule 9; Rule 10; Rule 11; Rule 12; Rule 13; Rule 14; Rule 15; Rule 16 (deleted); Rule 17; Rule 18; Rule 19; Rule 20; Rule 21; Rule 22; Rule 23; Rule 24; Rule 25; Rule 26; Rule 27; Rule 28; Rule 29; Rule 30; Rule 31; Rule 32; Rule 33; Rule 34; Rule 35; See Summary on Judgment on the Pleadings]


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Rule 35 (Summary Judgments): 2019 Proposed Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure

[See Introduction and Menu; Rule 6; Rule 7; Rule 8; Rule 9; Rule 10; Rule 11; Rule 12; Rule 13; Rule 14; Rule 15; Rule 16 (deleted); Rule 17; Rule 18; Rule 19; Rule 20; Rule 21; Rule 22; Rule 23; Rule 24; Rule 25; Rule 26; Rule 27; Rule 28; Rule 29; Rule 30; Rule 31; Rule 32; Rule 33; Rule 34; Rule 35; See Discussion on Summary Judgments]


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Rule 6 (Kinds of Pleadings): 2019 Proposed Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure

[See Introduction and Menu; Rule 6; Rule 7; Rule 8; Rule 9; Rule 10; Rule 11; Rule 12; Rule 13; Rule 14; Rule 15; Rule 16 (deleted); Rule 17; Rule 18; Rule 19; Rule 20; Rule 21; Rule 22; Rule 23; Rule 24; Rule 25; Rule 26; Rule 27; Rule 28; Rule 29; Rule 30; Rule 31; Rule 32; Rule 33; Rule 34; Rule 35; See summaries on Affirmative Defenses and Kinds of Pleadings]

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Rules of Court: 2019 Proposed Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure

In A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC dated 15 October 2019, the Supreme Court approved the “2019 Proposed Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure“. The amendments take effect on 1 May 2020. The amended rules also apply to all pending proceedings, except to the extent that in the opinion of the court, their application would not be feasible or would work injustice, in which case the procedure under which the cases were filed shall govern. [Click on the menu item below to read the full text of the pertinent Rule.]

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Marriages Exempted from Marriage License Requirement

A marriage license is issued by the local civil registrar of the city or municipality where either contracting party habitually resides (Article 9, Family Code). A marriage license is a a formal requisite of marriage (see Essential and Formal Requites of Marriage), without which the marriage is considered void from the beginning (see Grounds for Declaration of Nullity of Marriage). However, a marriage license is not required in certain instances, as follows:

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