Controlled topic tag for FamilyCode.ph content involving Best interests of the child.
A final decree of annulment or declaration of nullity settles the marriage’s legal status, but it does not leave the couple’s common children in limbo. Philippine law requires the same court that grants the decree to also rule on who gets custody, how much support each parent owes, and what contact the non-custodial parent keeps…
What Philippine Family Courts actually weigh when deciding child custody: the tender-age presumption, when it can be overcome, the child’s own choice, and the best-interest factors courts apply.
What Philippine law actually requires before a minor can travel abroad: the 2024 passport law, when a DSWD travel clearance applies (and when it doesn’t), and when a court order can override both.
When one parent (or another relative) is physically keeping a child away from a parent who has a legitimate claim to custody, and there is no existing court order to enforce, the direct legal remedy is not to take the child back by force or persuasion — it is to ask the Family Court to…
Philippine custody law treats children of unmarried parents differently by default. Here is what Article 176 actually means, what a father’s acknowledgment of paternity does and does not change, and when custody or visitation can be sought in court.