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Jul 19, 2001 family-law habeas-corpus marital-consortium legal-custody family-code supreme-court

Habeas Corpus and Marital Consortium: When Courts Cannot Compel a Spouse to Live Together

Philippine Supreme Court clarifies that habeas corpus cannot compel a spouse to live together, and that consortium is enforced by mutual affection, not court orders.