Art. 183. A person of age and in possession of full civil capacity and legal rights may adopt, provided he is in a position to support and care for his children, legitimate or illegitimate, in keeping with the means of the family. Only minors may be adopted, except in the cases when the adoption of…
Table of Contents Chapter 1. Legitimate Children Chapter 2. Proof of Filiation Chapter 3. Illegitimate Children Chapter 4. Legitimated Children Chapter 1. Legitimate Children Art. 163. The filiation of children may be by nature or by adoption. Natural filiation may be legitimate or illegitimate. (n) Art. 164. Children conceived or born during the marriage of…
Table of Contents Chapter 1. The Family as an Institution Chapter 2. The Family Home Chapter 1. The Family as an Institution Art. 149. The family, being the foundation of the nation, is a basic social institution which public policy cherishes and protects. Consequently, family relations are governed by law and no custom, practice or…
Table of Contents Chapter 1. General Provisions Chapter 2. Donations by Reason of Marriage Chapter 3. System of Absolute Community Section 1. General Provisions Section 2. What Constitutes Community Property Section 3. Charges and Obligations of the Absolute Community Section 4. Ownership, Administrative, Enjoyment and Disposition of the Community Property Section 5. Dissolution of Absolute…
Art. 68. The husband and wife are obliged to live together, observe mutual love, respect and fidelity, and render mutual help and support. (109a) Art. 69. The husband and wife shall fix the family domicile. In case of disagreement, the court shall decide. The court may exempt one spouse from living with the other if…
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…