Section 1499 — Rights of a person who married in good faith

English translation

A marriage which is void for contravening Section 1449, Section 1450 or Section 1458 does not deprive a person who married in good faith of the rights acquired by reason of the marriage before the judgment declaring it void became final.

A marriage which is void for contravening Section 1452 does not deprive a man or a woman who married in good faith of the rights acquired by reason of the marriage before that person knew of the cause making the marriage void; but such a void marriage does not give a spouse the right to inherit as a statutory heir of the other spouse.

Where a marriage is void for contravening Section 1449, Section 1450, Section 1458 or Section 1452, a spouse who married in good faith is entitled to claim compensation. If the void marriage leaves the spouse who married in good faith impoverished, having insufficient income from property or from the work carried on before the judgment became final, or before learning that the marriage was void, as the case may be, that spouse is also entitled to claim maintenance. Section 1526 paragraph one and Section 1528 apply mutatis mutandis to that claim for maintenance.

A claim for compensation or for maintenance under paragraph three is barred after two years from the day the judgment became final, where the marriage is void for contravening Section 1449, Section 1450 or Section 1458; or from the day the cause making the marriage void became known, where the marriage is void for contravening Section 1452.

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