Recognition is a judicial process where both the foreign divorce and the foreign divorce law need to be proven in Court. You will need to file a Petition for Recognition of Foreign Divorce with the Regional Trial Court in the Phil...
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Legal separation in the Philippines
Legal separation is a court approved separation of husband and wife. It is not divorce. Under legal separation, the marital obligations and the property relations between the spouses are ended, but the marriage bond is not dissolv...
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Psychological incapacity and proving it in court
Marriage is a peculiar institution in the Philippines, the only country on earth in which there is still no general law on divorce.[...
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The Case of the Vanished and Presumably Deceased Spouse
What if my husband or wife has been missing for years? Is he or she presumed dead? Can I remarry?...
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Foreign divorce and a former Filipino citizen
Consider a case where a former Filipino citizen who was divorced abroad wants to remarry in the Philippines. The foreign divorce will first need to be judicially recognized by a Philippine court...
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