In Dika 2984/2569 the Supreme Court held that a child acknowledged by the father has standing, as his statutory heir under CCC sections 1627 and 1629, to ask the court under section 1497 to declare void the father’s later marriage, registered in 1986 while his earlier marriage was still in place, contrary to section 1452. It reversed the Court of Appeal and restored the trial judgment declaring that marriage void. A void “surviving spouse” would otherwise cut into the child’s inheritance share.
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