Annulment Advice

[meaw229a]

Hi All, I'm new here and hope I post in the right area.

 

There is a lot of info here to get divorced/annulment from your current partner but I am looking for some information

to get my Filipinas ex marriage annulled to be free for a new marriage.

 

My Filipina broke up with her husband around 20 years ago. Her and me are together for 5 years now and want

to be legally married in the Philippines. How can we get this annulment? I got different advice on it before but

anyone tells something different. From paying big bucks to a lawyer to simply file the case and wait what happens?

 

What is the right way to go? Anyone here who was or is in the same situation?

 

Thanks a lot in advance for answers.

[Jollygoodfellow]

Welcome

I made your post into its own topic.

 

:cheersty:

[Julia]

Welcome to the forum, Sir...

[frosty (chris)]

Welcome to the forum, there was a post awhile back on this subject, do a search, from what I have read it's a minefield with lot's of big bucks thrown in and takes time and you can never be sure of the out come, good luck.

[jpbago]

I am working on one now since August/12 with 3 hearings so far. Next one is Oct 1. Will let you know then. Without knowing your details, my info may be irrelevant.

[cebu rocks]

I know Paul has a company he uses that Is fair on prices and no extra color tax 

 

Not at this address /

 

A friendlier and more honest expat is hard to find  , He is also a wealth of info and does not charge for questions 

[Old55]

My sister in laws annulment took five plus years. Looooooooooooooooong story. First lawyer playing for time in order to run up fees. We finally got her an honest highly respectable attorney. A few months later the judge was found to be taking money. Everything started over. The honest judge was reluctant to handle a case involved the ex corrupt judge. There was much more delay and hearings and meetings and drama and dinners and so on. My workmate loved her but just gave up. Said he had to go on with his life.

She got the annulment eventually.

Not all cases are that bad, some are worse.

A number of judges on Cebu had their staff do under the table annulments. Eventually came to light but nothing much came of it.

Get a good honest attorney hundred K pesos and if you are lucky two years of BS and done.

[robert k]

Has the husband been seen for years? If he hasn't she could be a widow already. Just something I would check on.

[jpbago]

My sister in laws annulment took five plus years. Looooooooooooooooong story. First lawyer playing for time in order to run up fees. We finally got her an honest highly respectable attorney. A few months later the judge was found to be taking money. Everything started over. The honest judge was reluctant to handle a case involved the ex corrupt judge. There was much more delay and hearings and meetings and drama and dinners and so on. My workmate loved her but just gave up. Said he had to go on with his life.

She got the annulment eventually.

Not all cases are that bad, some are worse.

A number of judges on Cebu had their staff do under the table annulments. Eventually came to light but nothing much came of it.

Get a good honest attorney hundred K pesos and if you are lucky two years of BS and done.

 

  We talked with a few lawyers then settled with one doing a package deal (50k upfront and then 80K when completed, nothing in between). The other prices went from 100k to 400k. One could make the NSO certificate disappear from all records.

   Our last 2 hearings were lawyer screw-ups in not having the paperwork ready. Even law school has too much singing, dancing, religion, Rizal, and Filipino culture.

[meaw229a]

WOW ..... Lot's of answers in such a short time.

 

Thanks a lot to anyone!!

 

Unfortunately of course it's not what I want to hear. Seems to take a long time and cost big bucks.

But anyway it gives me some understanding to get on to it and get the ball rolling.

 

I will take this one on and post from time to time how it goes.