Art. 55. A petition for legal separation may be filed on any of the following grounds: (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…
Table of Contents Title I – Marriage Chapter 1. Requisites of Marriage Chapter 2. Marriages Exempted from License Requirement Chapter 3. Void and Voidable Marriages (NB: As amended by R.A. 6809, R.A. 10572 R.A. 9858) EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209 THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue…
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Executive Order No. 209, Series of 1987, also known as the Family Code of the Philippines Title I – Marriage Title II – Legal Separation Title III – Rights and Obligations between Husband and Wife Title IV – Property Relations between Husband and Wife Title V – The Family Title VI – Paternity and Filiation…
Table of Contents Chapter 1: General Provisions Chapter II: Definition of Terms Chapter III: Rights to Ancestral Domains Chapter IV: Right to Self-Governance and Empowerment Chapter V: Social Justice and Human Rights Chapter VI: Cultural Integrity Chapter VII: National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Chapter VIII: Delineation and Recognition of Ancestral Domains Chapter IX: Jurisdiction…
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1083 A DECREE TO ORDAIN AND PROMULGATE A CODE RECOGNIZING THE SYSTEM OF FILIPINO MUSLIM LAWS, CODIFYING MUSLIM PERSONAL LAWS, AND PROVIDING FOR ITS ADMINISTRATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES WHEREAS, pursuant to the spirit of the provision of the Constitution of the Philippines that, in order to promote the advancement and effective…
THE 1987 CONSTITUTION THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES PREAMBLE We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to…