ANNULMENT, DIVORCE AND LEGAL SEPARA-

TION IN THE PHILIPPINES: QUESTIONS AND

ANSWERS
By: Atty.Fred | January 11, 2007 in Annulment and Legal Separation

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There are many questions relating to annulment and divorce in the Philippines, and many of the concerns of
our readers had already been addressed in previous articles. Nevertheless, to consolidate everything for every-
one’s easy reference, here are the FAQs on annulment and divorce in the Philippines:

Is divorce allowed under Philippine laws?

No, divorce is not allowed in the Philippines. However, there are certain instances wherein the divorce secured
abroad by the foreigner-spouse, and even by former Filipinos, are recognized under Philippine laws. More dis-
cussion here (Judicial Recognition of a Foreign Divorce Decree; see also, Summary on Recognition of Foreign Di-
vorce Decree in the Philippines).

Would it make any difference if I marry abroad where divorce is allowed?

No. Filipinos are covered by this prohibition based on the “nationality principle”, regardless of wherever they
get married (and regardless where they get a decree of divorce). Discussions relating to Overseas Filipinos or
OFWs are transferred in Part V.

Is “annulment” different from a “declaration of nullity” of marriage?

Yes. In essence, “annulment” applies to a marriage that is considered valid, but there are grounds to nullify it. A
“declaration of nullity” of marriage, on the other hand, applies to marriages that are void or invalid from the
very beginning. In other words, it was never valid in the first place.

Also, an action for annulment of voidable marriages may prescribe, while an action for declaration of nullity of
marriage does not prescribe.

So, if a marriage is void from the very beginning (void ab initio), there’s no need to file anything in
court?

For purposes of remarriage, there must be a court order declaring the marriage as null and void. Entering into
a subsequent marriage without such court declaration means that: (a) the subsequent marriage is void; and (b)
the parties open themselves to a possible charge of bigamy.

What if no marriage certificate could be found?

Justice Sempio-Dy, in the “Handbook of on the Family Code of the Philippines” (p. 26, 1997 reprint), says: “The
marriage certificate is not an essential or formal requisite of marriage without which the marriage will be void.
An oral marriage is, therefore, valid, and failure of a party to sign the marriage certificate or the omission of the
solemnizing officer to send a copy of the marriage certificate to the proper local civil registrar, does not invali-
date the marriage. Also the mere fact that no record of marriage can be found, does not invalidate the mar-
riage provided all the requisites for its validity are present.” (Citations omitted)

Can I file a petition (annulment or declaration of absolute nullity of marriage) even if I am in a foreign
country?

Yes, the rules recognize and allow the filing of the petition by Filipinos who are overseas.

What are the grounds for annulment?

1. Lack of parental consent in certain cases. If a party is 18 years or over, but below 21, and the marriage
was solemnized without the consent of the parents/guardian. However, the marriage is validated if, upon
reaching 21, the spouses freely cohabited with the other and both lived together as husband and wife.

2. Insanity. A marriage may be annulled if, at the time of marriage, either party was of unsound mind, un-
less such party after coming to reason, freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife.

3. Fraud. The consent of either party was obtained by fraud, unless such party afterwards, with full knowl-
edge of the facts constituting the fraud, freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife. Fraud in-
cludes: (i) non-disclosure of a previous conviction by final judgment of the other party of a crime involving
moral turpitude; (ii) concealment by the wife of the fact that at the time of the marriage, she was pregnant
by a man other than her husband; (iii) concealment of sexually transmissible disease or STD, regardless of
its nature, existing at the time of the marriage; or (iv) concealment of drug addiction, habitual alcoholism
or homosexuality or lesbianism existing at the time of the marriage. However, no other misrepresentation
or deceit as to character, health, rank, fortune or chastity shall constitute such fraud as will give grounds
for action for the annulment of marriage.

4. Force, intimidation or undue influence. If the consent of either party was obtained by any of these means,
except in cases wherein the force, intimidation or undue influence having disappeared or ceased, the
complaining party thereafter freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife.

5. Impotence. At the time of marriage, either party was physically incapable of consummating the marriage
with the other, and such incapacity continues and appears to be incurable. Impotence is different from
being infertile.

6. STD. If, at the time of marriage, either party was afflicted with a sexually-transmissible disease found to
be serious and appears to be incurable. If the STD is not serious or is curable, it may still constitute fraud
(see No. 3 above).

What if a spouse discovers that his/her spouse is a homosexual or is violent, can he/she ask for
annulment?

Homosexuality or physical violence, by themselves, are not sufficient to nullify a marriage. At the very least,
however, these grounds may be used as basis for legal separation.

How is “legal separation” different from annulment?

The basic difference is this – in legal separation, the spouses are still considered married to each other, and,
thus, may not remarry.

Is legal separation faster than annulment?

Not necessarily. The petitioner in a legal separation, just like in an annulment, is still required to prove the alle-
gations contained in the petition. More important is the mandatory 6-month “cooling off” period in legal sepa-
ration cases. This is not required in annulment or declaration of nullity cases. The court is required to schedule
the pre-trial conference not earlier than six (6) months from the filing of the petition. This period is meant to
give the spouses an opportunity for reconciliation.

What are the grounds for legal separation?

1. Repeated physical violence or grossly abusive conduct directed against the petitioner, a common child,
or a child of the petitioner.

2. Physical violence or moral pressure to compel the petitioner to change religious or political affiliation.

3. Attempt of respondent to corrupt or induce the petitioner, a common child, or a child of the petitioner,
to engage in prostitution, or connivance in such corruption or inducement.

4. Final judgment sentencing the respondent to imprisonment of more than six years, even if pardoned.

5. Drug addiction or habitual alcoholism of the respondent.

6. Lesbianism or homosexuality of the respondent.

7. Contracting by the respondent of a subsequent bigamous marriage, whether in the Philippines or

abroad.

8. Sexual infidelity or perversion.

9. Attempt by the respondent against the life of the petitioner.

10. Abandonment of petitioner by respondent without justifiable cause for more than one year.

The term “child” shall include a child by nature or by adoption.

Should I file a petition for legal separation, can I use my own sexual infidelity as a ground?

It is interesting to note that among the grounds for legal separation, as listed above, only “sexual infidelity or
perversion” is not qualified by the phrase “of the respondent” or “by respondent”. This may give the impression
that the sexual infidelity of the petitioner, or the one who filed the petition, may be used as a ground in legal
separation. We must consider, however, that legal separation is filed by the innocent spouse or the “aggrieved
party” against the guilty spouse.

What happens if after learning that your husband (or wife) is unfaithful (No. 8 above), you still co-habi-
tate with him/her?

This may be construed as condonation, which is a defense in actions for legal separation. In addition to con-
donation, the following are the defenses in legal separation:

1. Consent.
2. Connivance (in the commission of the offense or act constituting the ground for legal separation).
3. Mutual guilt (both parties have given ground for legal separation).
4. Collusion (to obtain decree of legal separation).
5. Prescription (5 years from the occurence of the cause for legal separation).
If you’re separated from your spouse for 4 years, is that a sufficient ground for annulment?

No. De facto separation is not a ground for annulment. However, the absence of 2 or 4 years, depending on
the circumstances, may be enough to ask the court for a declaration of presumptive death of the “absent
spouse”, in which case the petitioner may again re-marry. See Can someone remarry without going to court due to
absence or separation?

What are the grounds for declaration of nullity of marriage?

1. Minority (those contracted by any party below 18 years of age even with the consent of parents or
guardians).

2. Lack of authority of solemnizing officer (those solemnized by any person not legally authorized to per-
form marriages, unless such marriages were contracted with either or both parties believing in good faith
that the solemnizing officer had the legal authority to do so).

3. Absence of marriage license (except in certain cases).

4. Bigamous or polygamous marriages (except in cases where the other spouse is declared as presump-
tively dead).

5. Mistake in identity (those contracted through mistake of one contracting party as to the identity of the
other).

6. After securing a judgement of annulment or of asolute nullity of mariage, the parties, before entering
into the subsequent marriage, failed to record with the appropriate registry the: (i) partition and distribute
the properties of the first marriage; and (ii) delivery of the children’s presumptive legitime.

7. Incestous marriages (between ascendants and descendants of any degree, between brothers and sisters,
whether of the full or half blood).

8. Void by reason of public policy. Marriages between (i) collateral blood relatives whether legitimate or ille-
gitimate, up to the fourth civil degree; (ii) step-parents and step-children; (iii) parents-in-law and children-
in-law; (iv) adopting parent and the adopted child; (v) surviving spouse of the adopting parent and the
adopted child; (vi) surviving spouse of the adopted child and the adopter; (vii) an adopted child and a legit-
imate child of the adopter; (viii) adopted children of the same adopter; and (ix) parties where one, with the
intention to marry the other, killed that other person’s spouse, or his or her own spouse.

9. Psychological Incapacity. Psychological incapacity, which a ground for annulment of marriage, contem-
plates downright incapacity or inability to take cognizance of and to assume the basic marital obligations;
not a mere refusal, neglect or difficulty, much less, ill will, on the part of the errant spouse. Irreconcilable
differences, conflicting personalities, emotional immaturity and irresponsibility, physical abuse, habitual
alcoholism, sexual infidelity or perversion, and abandonment, by themselves, also do not warrant a find-
ing of psychological incapacity. We already discussed the guidelines and illustrations of psychological inca-
pacity, including a case involving habitual lying, as well as the steps and procedure in filing a petition.

Please note, however, that there are still other grounds to declare a marriage as null and void.

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Browse through the comments below to check if your questions are similar to that of others. Other common
issues are consolidated in Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Costs in seeking an Annulment, and other related
posts. You can check the Related Posts at the bottom of each post.

Related Posts:
1. Rule on declaration of absolute nullity of void mariages and annulment of voidable marriages
2. Annulment in the Philippines: Questions and Answers (Part 3)
3. Annulment in the Philippines: Questions and Answers (Part 4)
4. Annulment in the Philippines: Questions and Answers (Part 2)
5. Costs in seeking an annulment

879 thoughts on “Annulment, Divorce and Legal Separation in the Philippines: Questions
and Answers”

kpm_0301
January 22, 2007 at 4:54 am

Dear Atty,

I would like to inquire abt the bigamy case. My cousin has remarried before his first marriage was dissolved.
Now his second wife got into trouble and got a fight with her friend about a certain loan. Her friend wants her
to shoulder the loan or the money that was missing and they told her that if she do not pay that they will file a
case against her and will definitely petition a bigamy case for her and my cousin. Threatening her that they can
easily issue a warrant of arrest because her friend is an attorney and has access to most city halls and nbi. How
will that be possible? They are both scared, scared enough to come to work because they know that somebody
might just catch them and arrest them.

Melissa
February 24, 2017 at 11:24 am

Atty posible po Ba na mapawalang bisa Ang kasal nmin Ng dati qng Asawa .kasal po Kami Sa civil at nagpakasal
po xa Sa Muslim Sa ibang babae .

joseph
March 10, 2017 at 9:14 am

Revenge Your Ex

Each day hundreds of men and women seek revenge on their ex-mates for a
variety of reasons, usually because they got dumped or where cheated on.
Revenge comes in many ways. It typically starts by using social media to
vent, and then escalates from there. Now sites like “Get Revenge On Your Ex”
for a fee will help you get pay back or revenge.

So what is the best way to get revenge besides slashing her tires, posting
nude photos of her and so on.

The best way according to the web site Right Choices 101 is to live your
life well. This is true no matter who you are seeking revenge on. Coworkers,
past bosses, bad friends or ex-lovers. Put your energy into succeeding and
enjoying your life, not wasting your time, energy and resources on revenge
that can end up costing you much more. Plus, when you seek revenge, you send
them a massage that you have not gotten over the relationship. It’s much
better to show you are indifferent and don’t care.

According to Kenneth Agee of A Foreign Affair, a service that specializes in

helping men find young beautiful foreign women, “The best revenge is to date
or marry a women 10 years younger than your ex. This will piss her off to no
end. No woman ever wants to be replaced with a younger, more attractive
woman. Just like a man never likes to get replaced by a guy who is wealthier
or more successful.

I will never forget one of my first clients we took to Saint Petersburg,

Russia.” says Agee, “The client told me that two days on our tour was better
than two years of therapy. Having hundreds of attractive women fighting over
you gets your ex out of your mind pretty quick.

I personally went through break up when my ex ran off with another man. But
a short time later, I met a new lady who was ten times better. I ran into
that man who stole my ex and I gave him a big thanks. In fact, I could not
thank him enough. He was stuck with an older nagging women, while I was now
with a young, beautiful, caring women. Plus, my ex had gained about 100
pounds. I don’t look at that fellow as any kind of enemy but as the person
who saved me from my ex and years of suffering.” This is the best a revenge
when you win without lowering yourself.

Other sites like “Get Over Her Now” give practical advice and tips for
getting over a past relationship.

Top Tips from Get Over Her Now:

Start making platonic relationships with as many women as possible, old,

young, skinny, fat, cute or ugly. This greatly helps you get back in the
game of socializing with the opposite sex. And it opens up lots
opportunities to meet their cute attractive friends in a more relaxed
environment. This also helps you build your game and confidence.

Improve yourself, start working out, get up early every day and exercise.

Buy new clothes. Dressing better makes you feel better and improves your
confidence.

Focus on work and getting a promotion or raise. Don’t let a break up effect
your work negatively. Put that extra effort into work and it will pay off
with a better position and more money. This will also build your confidence
and help attract better quality women.

Any time you are depressed, improving yourself helps greatly. When you feel
depressed, don’t sit and watch TV and then sleep-in late. Get out and do
something that will make you feel like you’ve accomplished something. Take a
class, go hiking, fix something you’ve been putting off.

Don’t start drinking. Drinking will always have a negative impact on your
life. Don’t drink while depressed or when you are trying to get over some
one. After all, drinking is for celebrating. So if you are not celebrating
something, don’t drink. A quality women is not going to be attracted to
someone who drinks a lot or has a drinking problem.

Don’t sleep in; sleeping late increases depression. Get up as early as you
can and go for a walk, take a hike, or go to the Gym. Research shows getting
up early and exercising can eliminate depression. You will have no game be
depressed.

Don’t binge eat. If you start gaining weight, you will feel less self-worth
and lose your confidence. Confidence is a quality that women are extremely
attracted to.

Conclusion, the best revenge is when you improve your life so well that she
realizes she made a big mistake. And satisfaction comes when you meet
someone so much better, you are glad the ex is gone. After all, if you are
seeking revenge, how great could she really have been in the first place!

Enlyn
November 11, 2017 at 10:02 pm

Thank you!

Hi
October 23, 2018 at 2:48 pm

Sml?

idol
March 16, 2017 at 2:54 pm

atty if the parental advised is fake and the license of marriage is issued before three months, does the mar-
riage is void?

Ariel
August 19, 2017 at 12:34 am

If the decision of the filed annulment case is already declared Null and Void. How will the defendant know?
Does he need to have a copy of it? What will happen to the defendant?

evelyn
March 11, 2018 at 12:22 pm

ang aswa ko po ay isang japanese. before we got married here nag divorce sila ng ex wife nya sa japan pero
kinsal cla dto sa pinas. valid pa ba ang kasal nla sa pinas? nksal nmn po ako ng maayos sa knya wlang naging
problema. in terms of conjugal property may bahay po kming ipagawa, may habol po ba ang ex wife nya sa ba-
hay na nakititulo sa pangalan ko in case something bad will happen to my husband?

Atty. Fred Post author

January 24, 2007 at 5:27 pm

emcoluk, foreigners are governed by their own laws when it comes to divorce. As long as they validly secure a
divorce outside the Philippines, the divorce decree is respected under Philippines laws.

kpm, I’m terribly sorry; please read the “Terms“. In the near future, we may be discussing preliminary investiga-
tions, warrantless arrests and inquests in criminal cases. You might see the answers in that post. Thank you.

emcoluk
January 24, 2007 at 12:08 pm

If two foreigners marry in the Philippines and then obtain a divorce outside the Philippines…is this divorce
recognised under Philippines Law

rwan
January 25, 2007 at 2:33 am

attorney,
is there such a law where a married woman can buy a property using her maiden name? will it be still consid-
ered ‘conjugal’?

tnx

Atty. Fred Post author

January 27, 2007 at 9:54 am

Rwan, I’m not aware of any. On the other hand, a married woman is required to use the family name of the
husband. The extent by which a married woman may acquire property under her own name largely depends
on the kind of property relationship legally established during the time of marriage. Beyond that information, I
suggest you consult with your lawyer since we’re prohibited from giving any legal advice in the absence of atty-
client relationship. Of course, something could be done to achieve your goal and I trust your lawyer knows it.

Good luck!

edward
May 17, 2016 at 7:50 pm

attorney fred, i need your advise regarding for legal separation and annulment, i want to marry again the girls
who love me in true , im already separated around 3 years so i want to clear my statues , what should i do ? im
waiting for your response thank you and more power God bless…

Marlene
May 23, 2016 at 7:06 pm

Dear Atty. Fred,

I’m separated for more than 11 yrs. now. but not legally. He doesnt support our kids. I try to contact him to ask
to support now for our kids, but all the contact numbers are not reachable. Can I file a case to him, coz Im
working as an OFW. I want also to file for annulment. Please help. Looking forward for your response. Thank
you.

SandyBoncayao
November 23, 2016 at 10:43 pm

Edward.
File an annulment case so that you can be remarried again.
 rwan
January 27, 2007 at 4:21 am

in addition to what i wrote, i got married in 1997 and got separated in 2004. the father of my 9-yr old son and i
have no communication since then (no child support, etc which is not the issue). i’m planning to buy a house &
lot but wonder if i can use my maiden name. and of course, i don’t want him to have a ‘share’ with this in case i
file for annulment in the future.

tnx again

marchfour08
January 27, 2007 at 7:07 pm

Attorney Fred,

Could that be a valid ground to file for a petition of declaration of absolute nullity of marriage? Is that certifica-
tion an enough and valid proof that we don’t have any marriage license? How long will it usually take for such
petition in family court? How long does it usually cost? Should I really need to wait for the court’s declaration
before I could get married? Please help me. Thanks.

angel_jasmine
January 28, 2007 at 10:31 pm

Attorney Fred,

Is there a way to file or get an annulment eventhough the wife doesn’t appear in court? Are there documents
that needs to be signed by the wife in the process of the annulment? What if she doesn’t agree to sign? Is it still
possible to continue the annulment? Is the divorce decree enough to finalize the annulment?

SEK800i
January 30, 2007 at 4:57 am

Atty. Fred,

Should an annulment be granted, can a church wedding be possible? Thank you for your time. I’m looking for-
ward to your response. God bless.
 Edgar
October 22, 2017 at 12:06 am

Atty. Fred,

In my case, can I file a annulment because during my 10 years in marriage we don`t have a child just because
of her incapacity . Currently i was in love with other woman and i want to marry her.

Thank you

Ed

angel_jasmine
January 30, 2007 at 7:10 am

Atty Fred,

Will the Philippine court still recognized the divorce even the wife is neither a US immigrant or citizen?

Atty. Fred Post author

February 1, 2007 at 1:38 pm

Guys, sorry for the delayed reply, there were technical problems with the blog. First off, please understand that
we are prohibited from giving legal advice in this Forum, so you may notice that we have declined from an-
swering some of the questions. Nevertheless, as to general matters, here are some notes that may hopefully
point you in the right direction.

1. As discussed somewhere, it is indispensable, for the purpose of remarriage, to seek an annulment or an or-
der declaring a marriage as null and void. Ckeck with the NSO if a marriage certificate is on file. There’s such a
thing as a CENOMAR or a “Certificate of No Marriage Record” (read here).

2. A decree of annulment may be issued without the other party appearing in court. In fact, the signature or
appearance of the other spouse doesn’t mean that the petition will be granted. The other spouse may choose
NOT to appear, which is the reason why the public prosecutor is under obligation to check if there’s no collu-
sion between the parties.

3. There’s a requisite dispensation before someone whose marriage had been annuled may get married again
in church.

By the way, angel_jasmine, I can’t understand your question. Please clarify.

Good luck to everyone.

 jdy
July 19, 2015 at 2:44 am

hi I just want to ask kindly if a lady separated from ex husband more than 7 years there is no relationship an-
more after legal marriage in Philippines and than the lady converted to Islam from chruschinty now she is mus-
lim and can she remarry to Muslim man legally if she will do this so about Philippines law thanks

Grace
October 18, 2016 at 4:27 am

Hello sir.
Just wanna ask that I’m separated for 15 years and I don’t have any contact on him.
Can I get married again

Sandy
November 2, 2016 at 2:33 pm

Hello mam..you can married again when you are still married from ur past unless you filed an annulment case.
If you have more question to asked you can pm me in my fb account.sandy boncayao

Franz
January 10, 2017 at 2:23 pm

Atty hingi lng po ako hiwalay n po ako una ko asawa for almost 9 years po last 2007 nagfile po ako ng annul-
ment sa court sa phil.last 2011 pero di po yun natapos sa ngayon po ay australian citizen n po ako plano ko po
magfile ng devorce sa x wife ko po dahil may sariling pamilya n po ko d2 at gusto ko po maging legal n
pagsasama namin ang tanong ko po kung magrant po yun devorce ko sa kanya pwede ko din po maging base-
han e2 para magrant na din po annulment namin

mylene
March 30, 2017 at 8:30 pm

Atty.Fred
i have afriend that had a live in partner who’s been married before, they were separated 5 years ago, but not
legally separated or annuled when they into their relationship.the reason of the separation was the wife’s infi-
delity. .they have a son , and the wife want to petition their child because she was living in states and already
an american citizen.wala na din sila communication except sa child’s need. pwede na po ba sila magpakasal ng
friend ko though hindi pa annulled?
may mga property na ipinangalan sa friend ko.in case there will be circumstances happen , maki claim ba yon
ng ex nya??

analiza
September 11, 2018 at 12:12 am

sir hingi po aq ng advice 2015 kinasal kmi ng husband ko kasi nbuntis po aq 3mons old npu yung baby ko nung
kinasal po kmi tapos po pktpos po g kasal nmin pmnta po kmi sa lugar nila ntuklasan ko po my pamilya pla sya
nauna my dalawang anak npu sya sa lugar nila ..d ngsama parin po kmi tumagat po 2 buwan wala po sya tra-
baho inom dito inom doon halos umaga npu nauwe sa bahay nkatira po kmi sa bhay ng magulang nya so
iisang bubong lng po kmi hndi po sya ntrabaho umaasa lng po sa mama nya hnggang umabot po sa punto
kpag nkainom o lasing bigla nlng po aq sinasaktan kasi nsa influncia ng alak po..hnggang po ulit aqo umuwe po
kmi dito sa probinsya family ko 6mons po yng tyan ko hnnggang nanganak po aq last year po 2017 umalis po
asawaq ng ofw po saudi january nito pong taon ok nmn po komunikasyon nmin pero po pgdating feb pwala
wala na po pero po buwan buwan po npdla budget ng mga bta 5k a month hangang nlaman ko nlng po my
babae npu pla asawaq duon iisa kng sila sa xompanyang pinapasokan nito pung buwan msmo pung sa babae
ko nlaman n my relasyon po tlga sila ng asawaq ..hnggang ngayon po block po aq ng asawaq lhat ng kon-
tak..yung bbae npu nkkpg komunicate sakin sa gnito po bng sitwasyon pwese mpwalang bisa kasal nmn ng
asawaq kapag mgfile po aq ng annulment slamat po pleazs reply me attorney

angel_jasmine
February 5, 2007 at 6:59 pm

Thanks for the reply atty. fred but I’m still confused.

So are you saying that eventhough the wife (currently in America and has a divorce decree herself; neither a US
immigrant or a US citizen) doesn’t appear in court and doesn’t sign any document in the process of the annul-
ment, the husband can still acquire a decree of annulment? On what grounds can the petition be granted? how
long does it normally take?

If the husband has a copy of the divorce decree, can this be used as a strong evidence that can expedite the
process of the annulment? Does the phil. court recognized the divorce decree as legal eventhough the wife is
not a citizen of America?

Can the wife, eventhough not yet annuled, get married in America to a US immigrant? or does it have to be a
US citizen to completely consider the previous marriage null?

Does the wife have the right to have a copy of the annulment decree eventhough she didn’t do anything in the
process? What does she need to do to obtain a copy? where?

I would appreciate your response.

angel_jasmine
February 5, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Continuation…

That is, if in case the husband doesn’t want to give the wife’s copy.

Atty. Fred Post author

February 7, 2007 at 1:51 am

Jasmine, yes, it’s possible to secure an annulment or a declaration of nullity even if the other spouse does not
appear or sign anything. As I mentioned earlier, this is the reason why the public prosecutor is under obligation
to check if there’s a collusion between the spouses. Please read again this article, because the grounds are dis-
cussed in it. In my estimate, the average length of time is 1 year, and it may be shorter or longer depending on
the circumstances.

As long as the spouse seeking the divorce is a Filipino (a former Filipino is an entirely difference matter), any di-
vorce decree issued is not recognized under Phil. laws.

For your other queries, please check the other articles. You may use the search function the right sidebar.

Good luck.

Cat
August 29, 2016 at 4:39 pm

Gudpm attorney
My katanungan lang po ako married sa pinas ng forigner tapos ngdevorse sa forigner country pano po ifile dto
sa pinas ung annulment dhil wla nmn devorce dto pa reply nmn po ako

Sandy
November 2, 2016 at 2:36 pm

Hello cat. Kung nakapagdivorce na sya pede ire cognize dito sa pinas.pm me in may fb for more info po.sandy
boncayao

Louie
December 24, 2016 at 3:53 am

Hi sir.. i dont know if active pba tong blog mu .. pero i hope na sana active pa ..
Minabuti ko ng magreply sa message mu po bka saking mapansin mu ang katanunangan ko.
As u said above.. if the marraige is void from the very beginning thers no need to file to the court?
Would that mean na pwede ng magpa kasal anytime ..
I have a gf and they have been in a void marraige since then.
What happen is this.. theyv got to both signed a marraige contract that has no civil registrar no. Wc is not a le-
git paper .and shes 16 yrs of age back then.
She uses single status on all of her documents. She also able to get a CENOMAR at civil office..
Atty. Fred sir.. masasabi nyu po ba na pwede na kmi ikasal anytime we want..? If yes .. my question is.. how
about the father of her children .. may karapatan po ba sya na mapigilan ang gf ko na ikasal ulit and this time
in a legit way..
And sir .. theyre living in a same house right now . And kinakausap ko gf ko and she said gnagwa nya yun para
sa mga anak nya ..
Theyre living together ever since po.. but now we are deciding to be married .. is this possible sir Fred..
I hope u may consider answering my querry. Thanks in advance and more power to ure career.. i adore your
intentions of helping us to get aware of some legal matters such this.. ????

rwan
February 7, 2007 at 5:40 pm

atty,
with regards to ur jan27 reply to my msg, can i at least register a property (should i buy one) under my 9-yr old
son? how does this go?

tnx again

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