1. The form of Marriage
1.1. Prior civil proceedings (art. 56 CC)
1.1.1. Evidence of no impediments
1.2. Civil (Arts 57 & 58 CC)
1.3. Religious (Art. 60 CC)
1.4. Special Forms
1.4.1. Secret marriage (Art. 54CC)
1.4.2. Marriage in articio mortis (Art. 52 CC)
1.5. Registration of marriage
1.5.1. Civil Form (Art. 62 CC)
1.5.2. Religious Form (Art. 63 CC)
1.5.3. Secret Marriage (Art. 64 CC)
2. Effects of Marriage
2.1. Patrimonial
2.1.1. Matrimonial economical regime
2.2. Personal
2.2.1. Arts. 67-69 CC
2.2.2. Cannot be enforced by a judge but they can be taken into account when there is a dispute
2.2.3. Respect
2.2.4. Assistance
2.2.5. Act in family interest
2.2.6. Live together
2.2.7. Be faithful
2.2.8. Share domestic responsabilities
3. Legal concept
3.1. Ius Connubi
3.1.1. Right to marry with full legal equality Art. 32 CE
3.1.2. People full of age without limitations. Art 16.1 UDHR
3.1.3. Art. 23 ICCPR
3.1.4. States must not impose restrictions to the right but can put requirements Art. 12 ECHRFF
3.2. Right to marriage
3.2.1. Freedom of form
3.2.1.1. Civil
3.2.1.2. Religious
3.2.2. Freedom to enter a marriage
3.2.3. Freedom to choose a partner
3.2.4. Reserved to legislators
3.2.4.1. Forms of marriage
3.2.4.2. Required minimum age
3.2.4.3. Rights and duties of the marriage
3.2.4.4. Separation and dissolution
3.3. Elements
3.3.1. Heterosexual & Homosexual
3.3.2. Monogamy (bigamy is a crime)
3.3.3. Equality between spouses
3.3.4. Dissolubility Art. 32.2 CE
4. The System
4.1. Dependent on the State
4.1.1. Recognises Civil and Religious Marriage
4.2. Sources for the regulation
4.2.1. Constitution
4.2.1.1. Art. 149.1.8.ª
4.2.1.2. Art. 32
4.2.1.3. Art. 16.2
4.2.2. State Law
4.2.2.1. Civil Code
4.2.2.1.1. Art. 49
4.2.2.1.2. Art. 59
4.2.2.2. Agreement of January 3, 1979 between the Spanish State and the Catholic Church on legal affairs.
4.2.2.3. Cooperation agreements with the Evangelical, Jewish, and Islamic institutions enacted by Acts 24; 25 and 26/1992, of 10th November.
5. The promise of Marriage
5.1. Agreement between two people to get married in the future.
5.2. Art. 42 of Civil Code
5.2.1. No formal requirements (be of age)
5.3. Not compulsory to Marry
5.4. Allows for compensation for expenses incurred for the wedding
5.4.1. Requirements
5.4.1.1. No reasonable grounds to break
5.4.1.2. Serious promise of marriage
5.4.1.3. A year since the break up
5.4.1.4. Competent court: domicile of the defendant
5.4.2. No moral damage is not compensable
6. Requirements
6.1. Capacity Art. 46 CC
6.1.1. Age
6.1.2. Dissabilities
6.2. No impediments: Age, Kinship, Crimes
7. Matrimonial consent (Art. 45 Civil Code)
7.1. Freely given
7.2. Vices of consent
7.2.1. Expressly mistake
7.2.2. Coercion
7.2.3. Serious fear
7.2.4. Mistake about identity