J.A.B. Bulao & Associates

DISPOSITIVE:

ACCORDINGLY, the Petition for Review on Certiorari is
DENIED. The Decision dated July 28, 2021, and the Resolution dated
July 1, 2022, of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 06914 are
AFFIRMED.

SO ORDERED.

SUBJECTS/DOCTRINES/DIGEST:

FALSE AFFIDAVIT OF COHABITATION RENDERS MARRIAGE VOID.

As the records of this case show, there is inadequate evidence
proving that Alma and Boots continuously and exclusively cohabited as
husband and wife for a period of five years immediately preceding the
celebration of their marriage. At most, the two dated exclusively and
sojourned in several places. However, the fact that they intermittently and
occasionally stayed in the same place does not amount to cohabitation as
husband and wife contemplated by Article 34 of the Family Code. Verily,
Boots admitted signing the Affidavit of Cohabitation despite not meeting
the statutory conditions. Such falsity renders the affidavit ineffectual; it
does not confer exemption from the license requirement. The marriage,
founded on this false declaration, is void.

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