Annulment is currently the only way to dissolve a marriage in the Philippines . A divorce law is now pending approval by the Senate of the Philippines, which allows for the dissolution of a marriage on the ground of irreconcilable…
IS THERE DIVORCE IN THE PHILIPPINES? It is not completely true to say that there is no divorce in the Philippines. The Muslim Personal Code, in fact, allows for divorce under Sharia law between two Muslims, or when the…
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1) Is the Divorce bill already a law? As of 14 March 2018, the House of Representatives has approved the proposed law on second reading. It still has to go through a third and final reading with the…
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 to make dissolution easier. Currently, marriages which are not otherwise defective because of a prior…
