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Feb 13, 2009 family code psychological incapacity annulment article 36 supreme court family law

Psychological Incapacity Reassessing Marital Nullity Under Article 36 of the Family Code

The Supreme Court clarifies that psychological incapacity under Article 36 need not fit rigid molds, urging a case-by-case, totality-of-circumstances approach.