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Mar 14, 2018 family-law foreign-divorce article-26 family-code remarriage civil-registry

Divorce Abroad: Clarifying the Scope of Recognition and Remarriage for Filipinos

The Supreme Court clarifies when a foreign divorce decree is recognized in the Philippines and how a Filipino spouse may remarry.