Are Pinoys Ready For A Divorce Law?

[joeatmanila]

LOL!!

This will never happen!!!

1) Half the country or even more will apply for a divorce

2) The church will loose on credibility and authority and dramas who seek psychological support on faith or Iglesia Ni Cristo organization or many others

3) It's a rolling ball with A LOT OF MONEY involved...nah...not for the unfortunate filipinos.

[Call me bubba]

A more open.more accessible(cheaper) "law" is needed to end unhappy marriages/unions

as it stands only the "RICH" can end  their relationships(cough kris,sharon.pops)

just curious how many men or women are "killed"each yr by a unhappy spouse?

 

about 2 yrs ago, a woman walked into SM north and shot her "husband" had their been a 

ENFORCED LAW or more suitable law to end unhappy unions maybe this man would still be alive.

 one 1 forum posting showed a man who was involved w/a "married"yet separated woman

"locked up abroad",

 

(now back to topic) 

 

the lack of a law or procedures(easy to follow not like the current) to end an unhappy marriage

for those who are "poor or not knowledgeable" of their rights

is holding back the potential of the people to be more successful.

when this law is passed as some others, then will the people be more empowered to have a better life

 

  (i have edited and self censored myself to keep civil and to allow this topic to stay open)

[jon1]

Other than the rich, the only other possibility for a successful annulment is if one of the persons is a foreigner. Because they are a foreigner it will generally get approved by the Church (after you pay about $5000 from what I have heard). It's really absurd that the church is even involved in a civil union dissolution.

 

The only other way would be to convert to islam. Muslims have no problems in getting annulments. I do not know if they are as predatory on the applicants. This is not really an option for most of us.

 

Law enforcement/the Judicial system here is a joke. They keep passing laws that are rarely enforced and discriminately enforced when they are. You have to pay someone to get an investigation going on your complaint. Also, if your suspect is arrested, it is best to pay one of the higher profile newspapers to run their arrest story. This helps minimize them being let out of jail by paying a bribe...

 

 

Life is always more fun in the Philippines!!!

Edited July 7, 2013 by jon1

[brock]

Other than the rich, the only other possibility for a successful annulment is if one of the persons is a foreigner. Because they are a foreigner it will generally get approved by the Church (after you pay about $5000

 

Go back to your home country and get a divorce, Thats cheaper

[Bruce]

 

Other than the rich, the only other possibility for a successful annulment is if one of the persons is a foreigner. Because they are a foreigner it will generally get approved by the Church (after you pay about $5000

 

Go back to your home country and get a divorce, Thats cheaper

 

 

This is STILL costly as you must have the Philippine court validate the divorce. This is more important to the woman then the man because she can not get married again until this is done.

 

There are at least 2 loop holes. 1. Before you assume the worse, ask your intended if (and then go to verify) the marriage was recoded at the  national Statistic office. If it was not recorded... back away slowly and say have a nice day to the clerk. Just get married in a different province where she is not known. 2. Verify the (her) name used in any paperwork. Pinays have (may have) multiple names. If she was married in Iloiloi under the name May June Rivera Rodriguez, it may be possible, depending on how much paperwork was filed with the Statistical  people, to go to Cebu where she is not known to see what records can be used to get a marriage certificate in the name of May June Rivera leaving off the Rodriguez. This also is important for a passport. If your intended is an 'Island Girl'... there may be little if any paperwork filed and you can then spend a few pisos to get the church to provide paperwork and then barangay paperwork in her name in a way to avoid the divorce issue.   

[Call me bubba]

here is the latest article,

 

 

 

Any measure filed in Congress—whether pro or anti-divorce—violates the charter,

a Nationalist People’s Coalition stalwart said on Friday.

Returning Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano III said the state policy on “marriage” and the “inviolability of marriage” are found in the 1987 Constitution and the Article 1 of the Family Code, respectively.

 

“You have to amend the Constitution first in order,” Albano told the Manila Standard.

Section 2 of Article XV of the Constitution provides that “marriage, as an inviolable social institution,

is the foundation of the family and shall be protected by the State,” he noted.

“The mere filing of those bills was unconstitutional.”

 

Proposals on divorce were revived at the House of Representatives

 

after Marikina Rep. Marcelino Teodoro filed his so-called ‘anti-divorce bill’ (HB 37)

 

“to strengthen the family as the nation’s foundation by making sure the bond of marriage remains intact ‘unless on grounds prescribed by existing law on the matter.’”

 

Teodoro’s measure was to counter Gabriela Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan’s divorce bill. In the 15th Congress

 

Ilagan filed HB 1799 on five grounds for divorce, including “irreconcilable differences that have caused the irreparable breakdown of the marriage.”

Albano said both proposals were not legally tenable while underscoring the Family Code,

stating that marriage “is the foundation of the family and an inviolable social institution whose nature,

consequences, and incidents are governed by law, and not subject to stipulation, except that marriage settlements may fix the property relations during the marriage.”

 

Malacañang distanced itself from the measure being pushed by its ally, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.

Presidential Communications Development Secretary Ramon Carandang said the Palace was “not even thinking” about the bill.

 

http://manilastandardtoday.com/2013/07/06/divorce-bill-unconstitutional/

 

i will refrain making comments on the constitutional issues regarding this topic :th_goodidea: