Marriage Validity and Foreign Celebration vs. Domestic Public Policy

The case involved a dispute over the validity of a marriage contracted abroad between a national who had not fulfilled the requisite military service obligations and a foreign national, where the local authorities refused to register the marriage based on that non-compliance. The court of cassation held that the law of the place of celebration governs the formal validity of a marriage, and unless a compelling public policy exception is clearly established, a marriage validly celebrated abroad must be recognized domestically, thereby rejecting the lower court's decision which had invalidated the marriage solely based on the national's failure to meet military service requirements.