{"id":1472,"date":"2011-03-09T01:11:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T17:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jlp-law.com\/blog\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2020-05-22T19:21:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T11:21:56","slug":"prescription-of-actions-for-annulment-in-the-philippines-and-who-may-file-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/prescription-of-actions-for-annulment-in-the-philippines-and-who-may-file-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Prescription of Actions for Annulment in the Philippines (and Who may File Action)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A petition for annulment may be denied for a number of reasons (see <a href=\"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/grounds-for-annulment-of-marriage\/\">Grounds for Annulment of Marriage<\/a>). We&#8217;ve already discussed certain defenses, one of which is the expiration of the prescriptive period within which the petition should have been filed. A prescriptive period simply means that the petition based on a particular ground can no longer be filed beyond a given period. Of course, an action based on certain grounds, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/guidelines-psychological-incapacity-article-36-family-code\/\">psychological incapacity<\/a>, minority or other grounds for declaration of nullity, does not prescribe (see <a href=\"http:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/annulment-divorce-legal-separation-in-the-philippines-questions-and-answers\/\">difference between annulment and declaration of nullity<\/a>). Here are the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">prescriptive periods for each ground<\/span>, as well as the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">person who is entitled to file the petition<\/span>, as provided under <a href=\"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/title-i-marriage-family-code-of-the-philippines\/\">Article 47<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/family-code-of-the-philippines-executive-order-no-209\/\">Family Code<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. <strong>NO PARENTAL CONSENT<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This covers anyone who was eighteen (18) or over, but below twenty-one (21) at the time of marriage, and the marriage was solemnized without the consent of the parents, guardian or person having substitute parental authority over the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Who may file the action<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Time frame<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The <strong>spouse<\/strong> whose parent or guardian did not give his or her consent.<\/td><td>Within five years after attaining the age of twenty one (21).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The <strong>parent<\/strong> or guardian or person having legal charge of the minor.<\/td><td>At any time before his\/her child reaches the age of twenty one (21).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1132067212867085\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2973721232\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. <strong>INSANITY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This means either party was of unsound mind, unless such party, after coming to reason, freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Who may file<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Time frame<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The sane spouse who had no knowledge of the other&#8217;s insanity; by any relative, guardian or person having legal charge of the insane.<\/td><td>Any time before the death of either party.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The insane spouse.<\/td><td>During a lucid interval or after regaining sanity.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. <strong>FRAUD<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The consent of either party was obtained by fraud, unless such party afterwards, with full knowledge of the facts constituting the fraud, freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Who may file<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Time frame<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The injured party.<\/td><td>Within five (5 )years after the discovery of the fraud.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. <strong>FORCE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This covers a marriage where consent of either party was obtained by force, intimidation or undue influence, unless the same having disappeared or ceased, such party thereafter freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Who can file<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Time frame<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The injured party.<\/td><td>Within five (5) years from the time of the force, intimidation or undue influence disappeared or ceased.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. <strong>IMPOTENCE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a situation wherein either party was physically incapable of consummating the marriage with the other, and such incapacity continues and appears to be incurable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Who can file<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Time frame<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The injured party (the one who is not impotent).<\/td><td>Within five (5) years after the marriage.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. <strong>SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED DISEASE (STD)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Either party was afflicted with a sexually transmissible disease (STD) found to be serious and appears to be incurable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Who can file<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Time frame<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>The injured party.<\/td><td>Within five (5) years after the marriage.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Browse through the comments below to check if your questions are similar to that of others. Other common issues are consolidated in <a href=\"http:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/annulment-divorce-legal-separation-in-the-philippines-questions-and-answers\/\">Part I<\/a>, <a href=\"..\/annulment-in-philippines-questions-answers\/\">Part II<\/a>, <a href=\"..\/annulment-in-the-philippines-questions-and-answers-qa-part-3\/\">Part III<\/a>, <a href=\"..\/annulment-in-the-philippines-questions-and-answers-part-4\/\">Part IV<\/a>, <a href=\"..\/annulment-in-the-philippines-questions-and-answers-part-5-overseas-filipinos-edition\/\">Part V<\/a>, <a href=\"..\/costs-in-seeking-an-annulment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Costs in seeking an Annulment<\/a>, and <a href=\"..\/category\/family-estate-law\/annulment-and-legal-separation\/\">other related posts<\/a>. You can check the Related Posts at the bottom of each post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A petition for annulment may be denied for a number of reasons (see Grounds for Annulment of Marriage). We&#8217;ve already discussed certain defenses, one of which is the expiration of the prescriptive period within which the petition should have been filed. 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