Start here: Choose the legal problem first, then use the linked guide to identify the governing rule, documents to collect, proper government office or court, and safest next procedural step.
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Find the right starting point
| If you need to… | Start with… |
|---|---|
| Check marriage requirements or validity | Marriage in the Philippines |
| Compare annulment, nullity and legal separation | Ending or challenging a marriage |
| Resolve custody or parental-authority questions | Custody and parental authority hub |
| Demand or file for child support | Child and family support hub |
| Classify marital property or debts | Property relations between spouses |
| Recognize a foreign divorce | Foreign divorce and international families |
| Begin an adoption case | Adoption in the Philippines |
| Correct or obtain a civil-registry document | Documents and procedures hub |
Core legal references
Family Code guide
Browse the Family Code of the Philippines by legal situation, including marriage, children, support, property and court remedies.
Family-law glossary
Understand recurring family-law terms, doctrines, documents, agencies and court procedures in plain language.
Printable worksheets and checklists
Child-support expense and evidence worksheet
Total monthly and periodic needs, log payments and demands, and match each amount to supporting proof.
Custody evidence checklist
Organize caregiving history, best-interest evidence, incident records, witnesses and preserved digital files.
Marital-property classification worksheet
Inventory assets, debts, acquisition dates, funding sources, consent issues and ownership documents.
Printing tip: Print the page or save it as a PDF from your browser. Work on a copy and store sensitive family records securely.
Documents, procedures and decision tools
- PSA, civil-registry and Family Court documents and procedures
- Marriage-license requirements and document checklist
- Annulment and nullity process from petition to PSA annotation
- Child-support evidence and expense-preparation guide
- Custody factors, evidence and court decision guide
- Marital-property and debt classification guide
- Article 26 foreign-divorce recognition requirements
- Barangay, VAWC or Family Court: choosing a child-support route
Browse by legal problem
Civil-registry and document guides
- How to correct a PSA birth certificate
- What a CENOMAR means and when it is used
- Marriage certificate versus marriage license
- Reverting to a maiden name after annulment
- Adoption requirements and documents checklist
- Adoption effects on name and birth certificate
Procedural guides
- How to file a child-support case
- How to send a written demand for child support
- How to file a VAWC complaint
- Writ of habeas corpus to recover a child
- Domestic administrative adoption process
- How to apply for a Solo Parent ID
Official Philippine legal and government references
- Supreme Court E-Library — statutes, rules, issuances and decisions.
- Lawphil — Philippine statutes, executive issuances and jurisprudence.
- Philippine Statistics Authority — civil-registry information and official records.
- Supreme Court of the Philippines — court announcements, rules and judiciary information.
- Public Attorney’s Office — legal-assistance information and office contacts.
- National Authority for Child Care — adoption and alternative child-care procedures.
- Department of Social Welfare and Development — social-welfare programs and services.
- Philippine Commission on Women — VAWC and women’s-rights information.
Before filing or signing anything
- Confirm the exact legal problem and whether another proceeding or order already exists.
- Collect certified civil-registry records, court orders, agreements and identification documents.
- Preserve messages, receipts, financial records, photographs and other evidence in their original form.
- Confirm venue, filing method, current forms and fees directly with the responsible office.
- Seek prompt professional help where there is violence, a threatened child, disappearing property, an imminent deadline or a cross-border issue.
Urgent safety issue: A website guide is not an emergency service. Contact the proper police, barangay, social-welfare office, court or emergency service when someone faces immediate danger.
How FamilyCode.ph organizes legal information
Each substantial guide connects the legal rule to the facts that can change the answer, the evidence and documents that matter, the correct procedure, the responsible authority, possible outcomes and the next step. Statutory text, Supreme Court interpretation, procedural rules, administrative guidance and editorial explanation are identified separately.