Say "I DO" Before I DIE
Photo grabbed from google. In the previous post, it was discussed in passing the circumstances on which marriage may take place in the brink of death. Yes, death is not a hindrance for a couple to realize their dreams of saying "I DO" before one or both them die. It is even one of the exemptions provided by the Family Code of the Philippines as to the Marriage License. This marriage is called as marriage in articulo mortis. Marriage in articulo mortis is one where the party/ies is/are at the point of death. It does not contemplate of a scenarios wherein the parties are exposed in the danger of death. In marriage in articulo mortis, it is not necessary that one or both parties shall die after the marriage. The marriage remains valid if the party in the point of death survives. What is important is that at the time of marriage, a point of death exists. The following are the situations provided by the Family Code where a m...