Dear PAO,

I married my husband on July 24, 2018. After six months, my husband started to change and preferred staying at his friends' houses. Thereafter, he stopped going home to our conjugal home. I recently found out that my husband contracted his second marriage last month. I confronted him, but he told me that our marriage is not valid since we do not have a marriage license. Can I sue my husband for contracting a second marriage?

Kim

Dear Kim,

For your information, the provisions that address your situation are Articles 3, 4 and 9 of the Family Code of the Philippines which state that:

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