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Amor-Catalan vs. CA

Felicitas Amor-Catalan filed a petition to nullify her ex-husband Orlando's marriage to Merope, arguing it was bigamous as Merope was still married to someone else. The trial court agreed with Felicitas but the Court of Appeals reversed. The Supreme Court was petitioned to review whether Orlando and Merope's marriage was valid given Merope's prior marriage.

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Amor-Catalan vs. CA

Felicitas Amor-Catalan filed a petition to nullify her ex-husband Orlando's marriage to Merope, arguing it was bigamous as Merope was still married to someone else. The trial court agreed with Felicitas but the Court of Appeals reversed. The Supreme Court was petitioned to review whether Orlando and Merope's marriage was valid given Merope's prior marriage.

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Amor-Catalan vs. CA G.R.

No 167109, February 6, 2007

FACTS: Petitioner Felicitas Amor-Catalan married respondent Orlando on June 4, 1950 in Mabini, Pangasinan. Thereafter, they migrated to the United States of America and allegedly became naturalized citizens thereof. After 38 years of marriage, Felicitas and Orlando divorced in April 1988. Two months after the divorce, or on June 16, 1988, Orlando married respondent Merope in Calasiao, Pangasinan. Contending that said marriage was bigamous since Merope had a prior subsisting marriage with Eusebio Bristol, petitioner filed a petition for declaration of nullity of marriage with damages in the RTC of Dagupan City against Orlando and Merope. RTC judgment is declared in favor of plaintiff Felicitas Amor Catalan and against defendants Orlando B. Catalan and Merope E. Braganza. Respondents appealed the decision to the Court of Appeals, which reversed the decision of the RTC. Hence petition for review. ISSUE: W/N defendants Orlando Catalan and Merope Braganza contracted a bigamous marriage.

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