Filipino Muslims already have a real divorce option under PD 1083 — unlike the civil annulment system everyone else uses. Here are the seven forms of divorce, the court that handles them, and how this track differs from annulment.
The House passed an absolute divorce bill in 2024, but it lapsed when the Senate never voted. Here’s exactly where the bill stands now, and what options exist today.
Judicial separation of property only splits a couple’s property regime; legal separation requires a fault-based ground and carries broader consequences. Here is how the two remedies actually differ, and which one fits your situation.
Abandonment is not one of the six Family Code grounds for annulment. See why it is a legal-separation ground instead, the faster property remedy it triggers, and how it differs from presumptive death.
Many people searching for a way out of a marriage after a spouse’s affair assume that the affair itself is the legal ground they need. Under Philippine law, it is not. Article 45 of the Family Code lists only six specific causes for annulling a marriage, and adultery or infidelity is not one of them….
RA 11861 does not require a court decree for every solo-parent category. See which categories need only a sworn affidavit, and what to do if your Solo Parent ID application is wrongly denied.
A detailed, source-based guide to legal separation in the Philippines: Article 55 grounds, evidence, filing limits, process, reconciliation, property, children, support and inheritance effects.