2018 PROPOSED DIVORCE LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES
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…
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…
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 version of several proposed bills in Congress for dissolution and other related issues. (For an…
The House of Representatives of the Congress of the Philippines recently passed on second reading a proposed law which essentially recognizes annulments obtained from a church or religion. It also allows for the registration of the final decree 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 not be annulled, reversed itself and declared the marriage null and void on the ground…