If passed, a divorce law will provide 'protections to the parties to the marriage and its common children'
MANILA, Philippines – For the first time since the restoration of a bicameral legislature after the EDSA Revolution, a Senate committee on women, children, family relation, and gender equality on Tuesday, September 19, approved a consolidated measure on absolute divorce in the country.
Aside from the authors, Senators JV Ejercito, Grace Poe, Koko Pimentel and Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda signed the report.in a legal proceeding, requiring a petition or complaint for divorce by one or both party/ies, which will have the effect of returning both parties to the status of single for all legal intents and purposes, including the right to contract a subsequent marriage.”
The commission of the crime of rape by the respondent-spouse against the petitioner-spouse, whether before or after the celebration of their marriage;A final decree of absolute divorce validly obtained in a foreign jurisdiction by any Filipino citizen, regardless of who they married; A marriage annulment or dissolution, duly authorized by a church or religious entity, or a marriage termination duly authorized by customs and practices traditionally recognized, accepted and observed by an ICC or IP to which the parties belong, having the same effect as a decree of divorce, annulment, dissolution or declaration of nullity issued by a competent court.
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