DIVORCE OBTAINED BY A FILIPINO ABROAD CAN NOW BE RECOGNIZED IN THE PHILIPPINES Art. 26 of the Family Code states, to wit: X x
1) Is the Divorce bill already a law? As of 14 March 2018, the House of Representatives has approved the proposed law on second
The House of Representatives Committee on Population and Family Relations has submitted a divorce bill for plenary debates on the floor. It is a consolidated
The House of Representatives of the Congress of the Philippines recently passed on second reading a proposed law which essentially recognizes annulments obtained from
Good news for those who have not yet settled the estate taxes of their deceased relatives. The Philippine House of Representatives has already approved the
Reacting to the clamor for a more efficient processing of adoptions in the Philippines, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has just this
We often read about why one should file an annulment in the Philippines. But we do not read too much about certain things that make
“PAPA BOY LECHON SAUCE” VS. “PAPA KETSARAP” A foreigner once said to me that the distinguishing mark of Filipino food is the use of
In the 2015 case of KALAW VS. FERNANDEZ (GR. NO. 166357, 15 JAN 2015), the Supreme Court after saying in 2011 that the marriage should
House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has proposed a law for dissolving marriages on the ground of “unhappiness” with the other spouse. The proposed bill is intended
