We already have four installments on this topic (refer to Part I, Part II, Part III , Part IV), as well as related posts on annulment, legal separation, declaration of nullity and divorce. We’re trying to cope with the numerous questions raised, but with our schedules, it’s impractical to answer the questions one by one. This is the reason why we summarize the questions so that similar ones would be answered in one go. Again, browse through the existing related articles to see if your questions are covered by existing discussions.
In this series, we’ll centralize the questions relevant to Overseas Filipinos and OFWs. This will be a continuing discussion:
Divorce is allowed in the country where I’m located. Can I get a divorce here and would this be recognized in the Philippines?
Some countries allow the filing of divorce by Filipinos within their jurisdiction. The problem, however, is a divorce obtained by a Filipino abroad is not recognized in the Philippines (but the rule is different if the other spouse is a foreigner). It’s a useless exercise as far as Philippine law is concerned.
If a divorce secured by my foreign spouse is recognized in the Philippines, what should I do?
You need to file a petition for recognition of a foreign divorce decree with the appropriate court in the Philippines. Ask your lawyer to prepare the petition for you. See Judicial Recognition of Foreign Divorce Decree. Other related questions on foreign divorce decrees are discussed in that article.
Would it make any difference if I marry abroad (where divorce is allowed) so I could get a divorce later on in that place?
No. Filipinos are covered by the prohibition against divorce, regardless of wherever they get married (and regardless where they get a decree of divorce). This is based on the “nationality principle” which basically provides that Philippine laws affecting their status follow them wherever they may be.
Would it make any difference if I later become a citizen of the other country? For instance, I was married in the Philippines and secured a divorce in the United States. Both of us are Filipinos and my spouse voluntarily signed the divorce papers. After the divorce, I married another guy, a former Filipino who had acquired U.S. citizenship. I am still a Filipino citizen. Is my previous marriage still valid in the Phils.?
Yes, the first marriage is still considered valid in the Philippines because divorce between Filipinos, wherever secured and even if with the consent of both spouses, is not recognized under Philippine laws. In other words, as far as the Philippines is concerned, the second marriage is null and void.
What if I’m naturalized in another country and subsequently secures a divorce?
Naturalization in a foreign country is one of the ways to lose Filipino citizenship. A Filipino who loses his citizenship through naturalization may secure a divorce decree abroad and have the valid divorce decree recognized in the Philippines through the proper process in court. [See also Summary on Recognition of Foreign Divorce Decree in the Philippines.]
If divorce is not allowed in the Philippines, does this mean that spouses have no remedy in getting out of a problematic marriage?
While divorce is against public policy and is prohibited by law, the Family Code provides for certain grounds to annul a marriage or declare it as null and void.
Why not allow divorce in the Philippines?
Good question. But this is properly addressed to your representatives in the House and your Senators. As members of the legislative department, they have the power to make laws and change existing laws.
Can I file the petition for annulment or declaration of nullity even if I’m abroad?
Yes. You could prepare and file the petition for annulment or declaration of nullity even if you’re abroad. You could sign the document abroad and have it authenticated at the nearest Philippine embassy. You could then transmit the documents for filing here in the Philippines. Your lawyer should be able to guide you every step of the way, including the preparation and filing of the petition. [See also Filing an Annulment Case even While Abroad]
My husband told me that he has a colleague that has filed an annulment against the wife without her knowledge and been granted. When the legal wife checked her marriage cert on NSO, their marriage has been nulled and void. Is that possible?
Can my husband do the same with me?
Please advise. Thanks.
Just a question… I’m a Dutch citizen and got married in Philippines last january 2004. My question is i registered my marriage here in Holland but unlucky me our relationship/marriage didnt went well, so i filled for divorece here in Holland and its granted, we are divorced here, and we dont see or talk to each other anymore for almost 7 years how will i get annulment from Philippines, does my divorce here in Holland can be applied in Philippines..do I still need to pay for annulment? pls kindly answer my question.. thank you..
kroephek
Hi! Can anyone answer his/her question above? I have the same question as him/her.
Thanks
Hello sir. You need to file recognition of divorce.you need a lawyer for this.
In my own opinion, since you are a dutch citizen and if ur country allows such divorce, you need not file an annulment but only a judicial recognition of that divorce.
I was married in Philippines and its been 6yrs now that me and my spouse have not seen each other since he left to Europe. What is the best advice to have my marriage annull or void in order to marry a US citizen?
Be naturalized as american citizen so that a decree of divorce will be valid
This is the story of my mother, when she was 16 years old in August 1969 she was married. and after 3 years after having 2 child they separated their ways. That time my mother met my father and they lived as husband and wife without marriage, I was born and also my my brother, in 1980 and 1983 respectively. In the year August 2000 when I was 20 years old my father decided to marry my mother because my mother dont have any contact with his previous husband.
without our knowledge in the year November 2002 my father married another girl. and now my father died of lung cancer. He is a commission officer of a government service and also his 2nd wife is a commission officer.
My question is, do my mother have the right to claim my fathers benefits? Is she the legal wife…and also do we have any rights , my brother and me,,,Im 30 yrs old and married and my brother is 26 single.
Thank you very much! hope you can help us.
Good day!
This is not regarding with the annulment..I wanted to post some issue regarding my situation but cannot find the post page…My story goes like this…
My officemate known for lending some money but as representative only which means she finds borrowers or financers for borrowers…It happened that she approached me referring these borrowers she mentioned who wants to borrow an amount of money…these three person i really did not personally talked to…just officemate told me that they want to borrow money.so i gave my officemate the money in favor of these three borrowers…but later on i found out that borrower a who wants to borrow 20000 pesos really did not borrow that full amount but only 6000 pesos and another borrower, borrower B borrowed 20000 pesos again as declared to me by my officemate really did not intend to borrow 20000 but instead she only borrowed 10000 pesos and the borrower c in which my officemate told me to borrow 35000 pesos really that not borrow that amount. so the remaining amount of that two borrowers and the third borrower was in the hands of my officemate used for whatever purpose she used it. I only find this out when i personally approached these borrowers to make sure if they really borrowed the declared amount. and there is another 70000 i gave to my officemate in favor of the borrower d in which personality i did not know and the address…i assume that this borrower d did not really exist…I felt so deceived by my officemate..i dunno what to do. i wanted to sue her but where to start what to sue…can you help me? i need some legal assistance on this matter i hope even just an advice will be of great help…
you can email me at isolda.ariola@yahoo.com
i will really appreciate it..thanks
please hear me out, atty.. Before i met my husband i was so unhappy- i had been to a bad relationship. and, when i met my husband- we had a beautiful relationship . he told me life with him would be different. After years of being on steady, we decided to get married. I was pregnant with our eldest son- he was still loving then, until a situation happened. He met a friend that told him that he knew my past boyfriend. Of course, i did not tell him a lie about my previous relationship. In fact, he told me with him- life would be better. After meeting this friend of his, everything changed. He changed- he hits me, yells at me, insults me- “I should never have married you” and tells me he would never spend another year with me. Then, he would threaten to leave me and our son. I got busy with a small business and this helped me and my sons ‘daily needs. My husband does not give me a single cent and tells me that i should find a job abroad so i can a bigger income. As years passed, our situation grew worse. He spends most of his time with friends and spend so much of his money with friends, too. But, when i get sick he would say- “what is this drama all about”.. but i love my children so much that i continued to live with him even when everyday was like living in hell. I was deeply frustrated with our marriage and so many times i planned on ending my life. Now, i found a good job at the government- earned a stable income enough to raise my kids.. still, he would insult me of my funny income- “you are going nowhere with that job”, he would say. Then, many times, with our very rocky relationship, i tried so hard to understand his mood swings. I believe he is incapable of making a good and sound decision. He thinks deeply of what others would think or say.. he solicits much idea from friends and relatives and for some years now- from a lawyer friend. This lawyer had been a great influence in him- from choosing friends down to where he hangs out- caffes and other silly places. Once, the idea of separation popped from his mouth. He told me- if seek for a legal separation would you sign the documents? Then, he would ask me- will you nt make a scene if you find me with another girl? Of course, i felt bad inside.. i was so betrayed. I did not know how on earth i would react.. what would happen to me and my kids? Will i be able to raise them well? My son is still young- who will be his papa? Once, this lawyer told me” are you aware that you own half of what your husband owns?” and i said “nope” believe me, i have never asked anything (money or clothes, jewelry) from him because i said it was enough that he provides for our family. But then, just last year he told me.. his relative has finally got his marriage annulled. He even asked how much have you spent for it? I have never told my parents of my situation- i am afraid that if they knew they would never be able to understand me.. I was so devastated that he has these plans and i do not know if i deserved any of these.. still, he yells at me, continues to nag me, hit me and even my children too.. I pitied my kids because i said i would take anything just so our family would be intact. But, i am in the midst of anger and disbelief.. its like- i am the last person who wants to be tied on to this marriage. I prayed to God for peace and guidance, humility and hope.. but now, he has moved to another house near to where we are living. And, i was stold that he has brought a woman there.. i was really shocked.. what should i do? I am desperate.. i want to run away.. i am humiliated in this manner and my kids are aware of these things..so, i told him, send me the annulment papers and i will sign it. Tell me, which is more advantageous for my children- a legal separation or an annulment? Which would make him provide for my children’s needs and education? I am not looking at the idea of marrying again, so, which is better for me? I don’t want to get back with him, i cant take his sudden mood swings, unpredictable behaviour and perverted ideas.. please help me.. pls reply to m email..
How long can a newly annulled person can remarry?
I need help..
I am staying abroad for less than 10 yrs. now. I am married but i have already a boyfried here in abroad and we are leaving together for less that 6 yrs. I told my husband about my situation and am asking for annullment. Is this possible that my ground is under physcological incapacitated because i just got married coz i am pregnant then after I left them after 2 yrs to work abroad.
Now i met my partners here in abroad and i dont like be unfair with my husband. And we talk about it he have any question about it. I need to move on my life..pls. help me what to do….
i need some advice..my partner were separated to his wife for 12 yrs.
His wife got pregnant to other man after 5 years of their separation. Is it possible that he can file for annulment? and how about if he will find that the child of her wife from other man is under by his name, can he file a legal action against it. please help me to solve this problem.
thank you.
I just want to be enlightened with the issue on “child support”. Since my husband is working abroad,and the marriage is not working anymore, he threatens me that if ever we pursue going separate ways, I’d be left alone rearing our 2 kids. Which makes it difficult for me to decide since I may be that able to raise and provide for them, but I don’t want to sacrifice the quality of living I might be giving them should I decide to stick to the marriage, with their father. Can he do that to us?I mean,does he have a choice not to give any financial support for the kids?If so,can I demand for a monthly allowance?How can I do that?What are the proper ways/processes to ask without begging? Please advise. I really need your response on these queries.Thank you.
hi i need some advice about my fiancee situation.my fiancee is norwegian and he is married to pilipina before in philippines but not in norway but their get divorced in norway,is there anyproblems if we getting married here in philippines about his divorced certificate?? please help us…
thank you
I need some help and advice regarding my annulment case. Defendant neglected his child, not give any support and custody of the child since we are separated, and according to my lawyer before i can filled a case to defendant abandonment of the child.
I was filled my annulment since 2006 and it will take so long and delayed because the defendant filled contest. And after proper hearing in the court last year i received the decision the court granting my petition and declared my marriage null and void.
My husband appeal in the court and filled a motion of reconsideration for the evidence last year that i born a baby with other man.
I have already a lawyer handling my case but at this time i never heard my lawyer.
Can i filled to defendant abandonment of the child?
How long it will takes appealing in the court this motion of reconsideration?
Can defendant filled me adultery?
Hello Atty,
I would like to ask if there is possibility of filing annulment against my wife whom I haven’t seen for the last 7years. I am a Filipino and a US immigrant. I came across this website of yours and I would like to take this opportunity to get an advice from you. I married my wife at the time that I was seeking for a wife and did not even know her personally. I just married her because I just need a wife. I only knew her for 1 week then we get married without her family’s knowledge (we went home separately to our own homes.) After a week I left for US again. When I tried to contact my wife she doesn’t want to talk to me anymore without any explanation. Then later I found out that she wants to back out from the marriage because she couldn’t do it. She said she’s sorry but she couldn’t be with someone she doesn’t love, she thought she could do it but she couldn’t. She said she was depressed with her life because the love of her life left her and for 3 years she couldnt work and doesnt know what to do with her life. She thought she could marry me for green card only to run away from her miseries but couldn’t do it anyway. Now I’m thinking to make my our lives right because I’m not getting any younger anymore that’s why I need your advice if there is possibility of annulment in this case.
Thank you.
i need some advice..I would like to ask if there is possibility of filling annulment against my wife,we are separated for almost 7 years now,we only talk in regards with our son,in the 2nd day of our separation,she went to our barangay hall to file a complaint against me and she wants full custody of our son,i agreed on her demands just to settle and finish the issue,which i still regret til now..i dont have any rights to be with my son alone and i just have visiting rights and if i want to bring my son out,she has to be with us,
I decided to leave my my for the reason of disrespecting me and my mother,my mom lives with us that time,she most of a time humiliates me in front of my relatives and friends and the last time that we had an argument,i have dicided to leave her.that is the time she had a fight with my mom and she told my mother to leave our house who has no other place to go too. which made me really upset.i have told her before in the early times of our relationship that never humiliate and disrespect me specially my mother but shes always doing it,i have tried reconciling with her after 2 or 3 years but we cant agree on things that we wanted.we can no longer reconcile,also i dont feel any love for her..can i use these reasons to file for annulment against my wife?
im working abroad for almost 2 years now and i found someone to spend the rest of my life with,can you help me and give me a advise,,
thank you
i need some advice..I would like to ask if there is possibility of filling annulment against my wife,we are separated for almost 7 years now,we only talk in regards with our son,in the 2nd day of our separation,she went to our barangay hall to file a complaint against me and she wants full custody of our son,i agreed on her demands just to settle and finish the issue,which i still regret til now..i dont have any rights to be with my son alone and i just have visiting rights and if i want to bring my son out,she has to be with us,
I decided to leave my wife for the reason of disrespecting me and my mother,my mom lives with us that time,she most of a time humiliates me in front of my relatives and friends and the last time that we had an argument,i have dicided to leave her.that is the time she had a fight with my mom and she told my mother to leave our house who has no other place to go too. which made me really upset.i have told her before in the early times of our relationship that never humiliate and disrespect me specially my mother but shes always doing it,i have tried reconciling with her after 2 or 3 years but we cant agree on things that we wanted.we can no longer reconcile,also i dont feel any love for her..can i use these reasons to file for annulment against my wife?
im working abroad for almost 2 years now and i found someone to spend the rest of my life with,can you help me and give me a advise,,
thank you
i need an advice..
we are separated for 6years with out any communication and abandon the children but he is working outside the Philippine which is Saudi.
1. can p.o.e.a help me esp not supporting the children?
2.he fraud his status in p.o.e.a can i appeal case and at the same time the management/gove’t?
3. i caught him that he married right now but where not yet annulled, what are the the thing i gonna do? do i need to go to p.o.e.a to report so that he gonna be pending going back in Riyadh?
please help me give an advice what to do. because he is here in the Philippine ‘vacation’ and i want an action, its either i have aright to pending his document not to goin back unless he clear all his mistake..
Hi attorneys..
I just need a help with my situation. I am previously a Filipina but I was naturalized as an American Citizen year 2007. So basically I am now an American citizen. My ex-husband(an American) and I were married in the Philippines 9 years back. Due to personal differences I decided to file a divorce And yah we are already divorce one year now. Now I am planning to file an annulment in the Philippines since I am already divorce here in US. Will I have the capacity to remarry again? cause I have a boyfriend who is a Filipino I wanna sponsor him on a Fiancee Visa..I wanna marry him. please help us with our case we really love each other. Thanks alot.
hi sir i need help… i got married last september 12, 1999 i was 16 yrs old that time for some reason the family of my husband tampered my birth certificate to make me 18yrs.. and now were 6 yrs off cause he is a drug addict and he got TULO thats the reason i decided to get separated with him.. atty. pls.. i need your advice
atty,
greetings!!! my spouse work in UAE since 2009, And now I found out that she’s not “MINE” anymore and she is with ‘someone’ else. I already accepted that we won’t be together again due to my health condition. TO make things legal, can we use this as a ‘ground’ for legal separation?
just some advise from atty? thanks and God bless…
ROSAS (“,)
My bf and her ex-wife were married in Philippines and USA both US Citizens and both born in RP but rise in US, they got divorce 10years ago coz his ex-wife has another guy(already remarried @ this time).I just wanna ask is theirs marriage is still valid here in the Philippines, were planning to get married is that possible?? Is my Bf need to file an annulment or he just going to file a petition for recognition of a foreign divorce decree. Pls. Help me
Dear Sir,
I have been married for almost 23 yrs. 2009 when my marriage seems falling apart. I want to file an annulment against my husband. year 2000 I found nude picture of men in his computer, when I confronted him about it, he just denied it and told me it’s not for him but for his gay office mate, I believed him. then another time I found a letter he had written for his friend way back in Saudi saying that he misses him so much and he even got emotional when writing the letter for him. I even found out that he kept his picture in his wallet instead of mine..I ignored all of that before even the time that the guy paid him a visit here(we’re working abroad,)2009 when we stop talking to each other.Dec. 2010 I found out AGAIN.. emails in his computer everything were there His past relationships even before we got married and men he met thru internet i have read emails that a wife couldn’t take..He admitted to me that he’s GAY, I told him I want our marriage to be annulled at first he agreed but now he twisted things around to make himself the victim. because I’m into a relationship with someone.
I have the copy of those letters, is it enough to use for filing an annulment? how much it will cost me to do so
please I need your advice.
Thank You and more power!
I have credit card problem in dubai, uae. jobless for almost 3 years i cant pay my credit card so i have decided to approach the bank to file a case against me at uae court. no action was taken against me till i left the country for good and manage to exit without any problem. now here comes the debt outsource agent harassing me and keep on calling threatening, and badmouthing me that will file a criminal case against me in phil.court to that effect. i am jobless at this moment. my question is…what are the jurisdiction of phil. court over that matter? I send an email to that debt collection office to furnish me my statement of account duly certified by bank in dubai, but they still insist i have to pay. claiming they will use the documents i signed (in dubai) and that blank cheque i have posted as security cheque at the bank. please help me.thanks
hi! please help me, this is problem of my sister. she got married two years ago and no kids, at bago palang silang hiwalay ng husband niya. one question lang po, pwede ba siyang humingi ng sustento sa kanyang husband kahit wala silang anak? thank you so much
Atty. i was separated for 5 yrs now( not legally) we have kids and i got married when i was only 16 to 17 yrs of age.it means that they( his relatives)falsified my birth certificate, and i get pregnant only thats why my parents wanted me to get married, from then on i dint have a choice but to lived with him and had kids.Is this a ground for annulment? what if my ex hubby dint comply on this matter? thanks to you… please send me a message on my email..thanks God bless!
Atty. i was separated for 5 yrs now( not legally) we have kids and i got married when i was only 16 to 17 yrs of age.it means that they( his relatives)falsified my birth certificate, and i get pregnant only thats why my parents wanted me to get married, from then on i dint have a choice but to lived with him and had kids.I decided to leave him becoz he is into drugs also and alot of bad habits that causes me and my kids into embarassment that lead us of having psychological effects and low self esteem especialy my kids..are this matter enough grounds for annulment? what if my ex hubby dint comply on this matter? thanks to you… please send me a message on my email..thanks God bless!
I asked for an annulment from my husband in the Philippines,I am currently living in Canada as an immigrant. he was here with me but decided to go back in the Philippines. We both want our marriage to be annulled,what should be our grounds for annulment and do I have to show up in the Philippines? And if my husband will be the one to file for annulment and the ground is insanity in his part and not me is it acceptable?
Hope to hear from you soon, thank you in advance.
Hi! Atty,
I wonder if you could help me with my questions.
1994 I was married to a guy who forced me by saying he is not going to let me leave the country without marrying him. We have 2 kids and he is a drug addict shabu user until now, so I am afraid when he said he will kill my kids if I don’t marry him before leaving the country. So I did! just to make sure I can scape from him and I endorsed my kids to my parents. Supported the kids financially every month. While working abroad I met my new husband the following year and we are now married for 16 years with 2 children as well!
Now the question is my first husband is not after me but my mother and my siblings are black mailing me! I am now living in US and has green card. Is there’s a chance my mother and siblings can just create trouble for me while I am abroad? Please let me know as they are really nasty influential people! I have invested a lot in Philippines and end up nothing they took it all and leave my kids without. Please help me answer this question! Thanks a lot in advance!
Atty. Fred
How much i will pay for the lawyer in filling my annulment or legal separation?
Can you refer me to one of your lawyers, I’m working abroad i don’t know any lawyers in phil.
if I’m legally separated can I remarry?
Thanks for helping me.
drizzle
Hello Atty. Fred
Pls. help. We have been GF-BF since 1996 then got married May 2003 and left for US in Sept 2003. We were 22y/o then and acquired my signed parents advice through a fax machine since they were abroad. We do not have any kids. We only got in touch for about a year. I’ve acquired a divorce decree in 2005 (which i think is useless since I wasn’t a US citizen when I got it). Now, he’s living together with another woman with two kids and I have one kid with my partner. No one re-married.
He said he’s going to file for annulment of our marriage and I agreed to cooperate. The only thing is I can’t do court appearance. I think he’s planning to use psychological incapacity as grounds but I’m afraid it will not prosper.
Questions:
1) Can we use the separation and non-communication for almost 9 years as abandonment and grounds for annulment?
2) Can a fraudulent signed parent advice enough to make our marriage null and void?
3) Once I naturalize as a US citizen and obtain another divorce decree, do I still need a court appearance to pursue an authentication of the divorce case? How long will the case be? Once it’s proven to be authentic, is our marriage considered annulled?
4) Do you think there are other grounds on our case?
5) Can you tell me how much it will cost an annulment case based on psychological incapacity and the length of time it will consume?
PLEASE HELP. Thanks!
Just to clarify, I left for US and he stayed in the Phil.
Thanks again.
Hi Atty,
I would like to seek help about my status which is very complicated. I am a Muslim convert who contracted a marriage through Islamic rights in 2010.I started using my then husband surname thereafter but 3 years later,we consented to a divorce.Both marriage and divorce were never registered in the Sharia Registry.What is the legal effect of such non- registration and how can I revert to using my maiden name? Thank you so much for your help.
Good day! I’m an ofw, and got married to my long time live in partner abroad. Is my marriage here can be recognized as valid in the Philippine law? what if one of us will remarry another person in the Philippines thereafter that marriage abroad? Would it be possible to find out which marriage is legal and valid? Thank you!
Hi,
I know you can help me. Here is the scenario, I got married year 2002, and delivered a baby 2004. We are staying in his parents house. After giving birth, he left and went abroad, every two years vacation for one month, for the first year abroad our communication is ok. We always chat and talked. The next year, suddenly everything became cold. Till the time he came for vacation, I found out he’s seeing someone, and chatting constantly, he said there is nothing in between I forgive him, again he left for another two years, and this years became worst, we lost our communication. He always says he is busy. he asked to work so we can have savings. I worked in philippines and I spent my salary for my daughter expenses, then my contract is finished. I had a doubt again as I am receiving wrong msgs from his phone abroad, msg to other girl. I didnt mind it. He came for vacation and he dont have anything, no savings. When hebcame for vacaion, he started going out and seeing this girl, the ex gf is th gf now, and what she knows is we are separated already but I need to stay in their house because of my daughter, hes doings are obviously and didnt respect me, even werd in bed their talking on the phone, I dont argue and I dont want to fight, I took all this pain,till got the chance to get the girls no. Started messaging, it ends she left my husband, I forgive my husband but the pain still remain.Were having argument as her parent is also minding or getting into our relationship, i asked my husband if we can rent an apartment so we can have our own life, but the parents didnt agree and the father being too hesterical and threatining us. As my husband is a spoiled brat and always follow his parents and depending to them, i never had the rights being the wife, i must always goes on the flow and follow what they want, in short my mouth is shut up. After this issue, he went back abroad, and our relationship became more worst, he forced me to go abroad, I got the chance and went as visit visa in dubai and got the job. I gof less salary and need to pay some of the expenses. He want me to cover my daughter’s expenses and he is the one will save money. We cannot chat. I cannot call him as my money is budgeted, I am not having enough rest and not yet even adjusted with the nature of the country. He started doubting at me, I knew a guy his cousins friend in dubai who helped me finding a job and be familiar in the city, he became my friend, just a friend like a brother he is a ahappily married man, and my husband is doubting at me having relationship with this guy, because of this he wants to come to dubai, he never think before he act, as we never yet done with all the expenses and I am not having enough salary, he wants to resign and come to dubai which is not easy for me, I cannot sponsor him and for this his doubt became bigger of his self, I get tired of him. He can call me as he is having more salary than me but he demands me to do this and that, he always decide and think like a kid, he is always not having money, but he always buy expensive gadgets, I am having hard time with this kind of attitude. After another year, when I adjusted at work, I can used now the internet to chat, when i sent him a msg, a girl replied to me said, stop bothering her husband, she said I dont have the right as I left my husband alone in the air. I heard that my husband went back to phils, and some of his cousin told that he is having arelationship and this girl stayed in their house, they deleted me on their facebook, I never had contact with my daughter, if I didnt send money, they will not allow me to talk to her or will not answer my call, even my daughter facebook their controlling it, theyre teaching my daughter not to tell anything about this girl, I asked my family to vigt my daughter and see if this girl is in their house, it slip in my daughter about her daddy’s new wife. We tried to console once, but it didnt work, I dont feel anything for him, nothing, only I care about is my daughter as her attitude is changing because of the wrong way of raising her, all of my ex husband cousin and neighbor is telling all this to me about my daughter and how they spoil her. I am afraid, the grandparents said, I can never get my daughter to them unless they die.
Now, what I want is to file an annulment, I am here abroad, I want to know how much it will cost and what is the ground for this..
Kindly do replied me on my mzil, as iam going to phillipines in a month or two to file.. help me for what are the procedure and how long it will take..
Atty,
We dont have communication, sometimes I am talking to my daughter grandmother, like now I dont have work, and I cannot send money to her, when im calling here they never answered the call, if I msg her on facebook, im getting no reply but if I told them I am sending money then im getting immediate response. I dont want to use my ex husband surname, and I want to be free from him. Sometimes they are using my daughter to console us, I had enough with my ex husband cheating, lying, irresponsible, he can never stand on his own feet. I want to get annuled and change my surname, and also my passport. We are no longer communicating, and I amv having problems of getting a job because of my status, documents as single and passport as married. I am coming back to phillipines, or how to file the petition for annulment if I am here abroad, where to go and what I need to do or any requirement???
good day to everyone,,i want to seek an advice,i want to file an annulment,but dont know how?I was married June 20 1991 at the City hall of Manila through the so called secret marriage’,,i was 22 years old and my husband was 18,my husband fake his name in the marriage contract he signed different name and just used his true surname,different birthdate and also used different mother’s name,,i used this marriage contract in all of my papers and so with my daughters birth certificate,when i am here working here,he became addicted to some drugs,gambling,and have an affairs to some women too(i even caught him on top on one occasion)He wasted my hard earned money that everytime i will buy a property he will sell it.I am the one who shoulder the education expenses of my daughters until now.I suffered physical abuse from him everytime i went on for a vacation that he will hurt me even at my childrens presence,my daughter was the one who enlighten me about all this,now i want to get rid of this fake marriage and live a peaceful life which i think i deserved and focus more on investestment and i want to get rid of that so called conjugal property law,,i want to know how long will it take before it will be approve and can i get a free lawyer because i dont have any savings to spend?can i personally file it in the Philippine consulate based here in HK?which department should i go?,,thank you and more power
in Addition to my message,,,what grounds i can use for filing an annulment in my case?
atty.
tanong lang po … paano at gaano po katagal ang process ng annulment? ive been separated from my husband two years ago now without any contact with him… plano ko po magpaksal dito sa abroad…i tried to get cenomar in NSO but they said they are still detecting marriage… i left philippines without any documents of marriage and i did not change my documents … its still single… is there any posibility to re marry again here abroad with my fellow pinoy or should i proceed to a legal process of annulment?… maraming salamat po,,,
Hi Atty, I am legally Married,
can you help me on how to apply an annulment.
while I’m presently residing here in Middle East.
i was separated for 4 years. my X husband is now having leave in partner. in where I’m asking his formal signature for a legal separation.
please atty. I need your help
Hi Atty;
Good day! I need some legal advice about annulment, i am 4years now in Saudi and converted to Muslim and i have also muslim wife here in Saudi but the problem is i was married in the Philippines and i want to annull it.
my question is my christian wife can file bigamy?
Can i file annulment to my christian wife?
please email me the advice to this email ealgre@ymail.com
tahnk you!
hi.atty.,what were going to do my boyfriend are still married in the philippines and also her in malaysia but his filing already a divorce, how about in the philippines.because we want to marry also in the philippines. the problem is, his still married there and the girl dont want an annulment..but my boyfriend dont want because the girl cheated him by chatting with some foreigners and while shes working in singapore she got a relationship with a filipino also.then she also cheated that the fist child is my boyfriend but its not because he found it that the child not match the blood and last year only the girl till the truth the his not the real father..what were going to do if the girl dont want an annulment.?
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Good day attorney,
My problem goes like this. I am married in the philippines but I left my x-husband and my 1 son since 2 years after the marriage. Now its already coming 10 years that I have no communication with my x-husband. I open a petition for annulment but my lawyer in the philippines said that I need to go home at least for the first hearing in the court. Is theres a possibility that my lawyer can do without my consent in the court?or without appearing in the court? because I cannot go home with my new family. If my x husband will sign for example do the court need my Appearance? Please help me Atty.
Thank you!!!
Good day,
My wife & my self working in Dubai, our 2 kids is studying as well, we took our annual vacation last June and 2 days before we came back to Dubai she together with her mother secretly spoke to my Father that she can not stand our marriage anymore and she will leave me. My father did not told me what happen until such time, few weeks after we all return to Dubai, One Wed afternoon after office when I got home I found my Wife and kids belonging are gone. Immediately I search for them but no luck, I phone-in my parents and told them what happen, then that is the only time that my father told me what she did while we are on vacation.
My question is, will her provocative action enough to file an annulment?
Thank you very much
HI GOOD MORNING I CAME ACROSS TO YOUR WEBSITE BECAUSE I WANT TO GET INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET LEGAL SEPARATION WITH MY HUSBAND..WE BOTH WANTS TO SEPERATE,SO COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS THE BEST WE CAN DO REGARDING THIS MATTER..HOPE TO HERE FROM YOU,THANKS..
Hello, I have just received my certificate of finality on my annulment last Sep 23, 2014 and are now in the process of registration to the Civil Registry Office in Leyte. I understand that this is a lengthy process in order to get the annotated marriage certificate (NSO). I am planning to get married in December 2014 outside the Philippines in which the country of marriage shall require only birth certificate , passport and the certificate of finality (annulment). I would like to ask you , can I proceed with the marriage? and would my marriage be valid (while my papers are being registered at this time). I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Andy
Hi Atty,
Would like to address my concern about my right and my daugther right.
Got separated early this year with my estranged husband. We have a discussion on how we will raise our child. Ive prepared an equeal shared computation of monthly expenses for our child but he did not compromise. He just offered and amount which is not almost 50% on what I present to him that is what Im dealing it right now.
We agreed also before that he will have a monthly communication since he is still working abroad and still failed to do it.
Is there a ground on his action towards us?
Im an ordinary employee who is not earning that much. I even still paying for almost 4 years here in our Company the loan that Ive made to correct the genetic bone disorder of my child she had before, which is by the way he did not help me to raise the amount needed to finance the surgery and that amount is huge for me to settle alone. Im afraid that we can no longer have a way to contact him because right now he cut his phoneline, he ignores my email and I dont know where in Qatar he is working right now.
Hope you can help me to know my rights on this concern.
Thanks and hope to receive a feedback from you on my email address:
hi,
I just want ask what if the guy wants an annulment but his out of the country is there any chance to be annuled by his wife before and currently living in the Philippines now and how long it will take and how much the estimated expenses
Can I file a marriage separation to my wife for the reason I can not control her as a gambler. My house and lot was mortgage by my wife in a cost of million pesos without my knowledge and all my remittance to pay debt in the bank of our housing loan for more than a year to her was lost in a gambling which is called E-Bingo and other gambling like playing cards i.e.tong-its, etc.
Hello I want to file an annulment but I’m still here in UK.how can I do it?I have a partner here and I haven’t seen my husband for nearly 8years and no good relationship at all but my son is with me and we don’t need his support but what I want just tk get annulment.how much the cost all in total and how long it takes?thank you.
Hi m jithin i hav a girlfrnd in piliipines since 2012 nd we lik to gt marry bt d problem is she hav a family der husband nd 2kids we want to get the kids wit us bt she said divorse will nt gt in philipines easily so i lik to knw abt annulemnt in philipines and also which way we can get d kids wit us also please i form me abt this.. thnk u
hello i am rosalina.from Plilippines my husband is dutch national. we have 4 months old son born in Netherlander and dutch citizen also. we decide to separate and stop us relation.. my question is, where the custody us child? i life here in Philippines right now with my son
If court already favor for your annulment and you already have the papers but fail to register it to local registrar then to nso, does it mean that the marriage is still valid? And if he/she decided to get married again does he/she is liable for bigamous marriage?
Dear Sir,
I was legally married in the Philippines and sought a divorce from my spouse in US which was eventually granted. I was then civilly married with a lady American citizen. Can I be sued with bygamy by my wife whom I sought divorce with?
another query atty. can my husband who abandoned us file annulment against me even he is the offender party in our marriage? if he will file the petition, can i disagree and not sign any papers or document regarding annulment? we married here in the philippines, is it possible for him to marry again in vietnam where he is working? pls reply i really need your advice and clarification. thank you so much for help. GOD BLESS……
i need some advice..IM A divorcee in a foreign Land and it appears in NSO THE COUNTRY WE got married beforehand , till now i i dont have any contact with my ex wife thenmore than 5 years any adivse for me to get any remedy…
please help me to solve this problem.
thank you.
My fiance told me that he has filed an annulment last year against the wife without her knowledge and been granted. When the legal wife checked her marriage cert on NSO, their marriage has been nulled and void. Is that possible?we are planning to get marry this year…could he be accused of bigamy?
Hi atty,
My Ex-husband & i are separated for more than 15 years now, i have heard that my “husband” has filed for petition to correct his name for all his documents except our marriage contract & those that reflect on our childs birth certificate, he use “john doe” but now its only “doe” what are the effects of this? and what can be done to annull the marriage with our circumstances? we have separated 15yrs ago because he had another woman who later bore him 3 children & now has another woman again who is also expecting another child.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Good day!
The situation goes this way. Me & my husband were wed here in Brunei last March 8, 2010. I checked our marriage certificate in NSO Manila, its void & I have a copy of it. But before our wedding, my husband told me that he had a live in partner for 20 years in the Philippines & have 4 children but they are not legally married, their ages as of now are the eldest is 29, 2nd is 27, 3rd is 25 & the youngest is 23. They were given an allotment before by their father. And as of now, they ask for the allotment even they are already in legal age, does the father still give them the support? And for his ex partner, she wanted to have the financial support. Do, my husband will give them on what they want? or f the father will not give them, do they have the authority to report to the POEA? Please give me an advise.
Thank you…
Sincerely yours,
Che
Hi po.. ask ko lang po kung anung case po ba ang pwedi kong e file sa husband ko. Almost 6 years na po kming kasal pero 2 years lang po kmi nagsama. Hiniwalayan ko po sya dahil hindi ko na po kaya makisama sa mga parents nya and hindi ko na po sya mahal. On the first place,pinilit lang po kmi e kasal ng parents ko dahil nabuntis po ako. Ngayon gusto ko na po ma annul yung kasal namin. 2 years na po since naghiwalay kami. Wala pong suporta yung anak ko sa kanya. And ngayon po meron na po syang asawa at may isa na silang anak. Ano po bang case ang pwedi ko e file sa kanya para po ma annul na yung kasal namin? Thanks po
We should have divorce in the Philippines. That is the only solution to these problem.
My husband is US American . We married in Phillippines 2012. And he filed a divorced (because of other woman)
and approved 2014.
Now, my big Problem is how can I file my annulment alone here in Philippines? What is the used of being I am still married to him by Philippine Law???
He is now married in USA.
Please help me how to get annulment?
Hi Atty,
Me and my husband are still living together and currently we live abroad. We always fight even on small issues and both of us claim that we don’t do our part as husband and wife to each other anymore. I feel depressed in every fight and I’m scared that would affect my work. I cannot afford to loose my job as our family depends on my earnings. Is it possible to file an annulment for this reason?
Thanks.
i filed divorce here in Australia and was granted. I’m now an australian citizen as well, i was married in Philippines last 2012. Now that i want to file an annulment does it change anything since im not a filipino citizen anymore? Or it will be the same procedure? does my ex have the right to say no the annulment?
Good pm attorney,
Need your advise.I have a female friend who got married to a married man whom she is also aware of. The man first marriage was 1995 and had a child.And after a year the wife went abroad and married a japanese and had a child .The man found out also that his child is using the mothers maiden name even if they were already married.After 8 years of not being together the mangot married for the second time without annulment on the first marriage.And had already a child.And the first wife had another man( third) and had a child again. Is there a possibility that any party can file a case.And what ground would that be.
Is the reason that “the solemnizing officer not present at the time of marriage” sufficient as a ground for annulment? The case is, the marriage certificate was signed by both parties and witnesses and then parked at the table of the municipal mayor for signing the following day. The mayor was NOT in the office during the signing of both parties and witnesses.
I got a merage in 2003 , but now I dicide process for annulment , and also now 5yrs separated, not talk not see to each other, what I need document to process my annulment, and also I’m here in Dubai, and my husband is inte Philippines , pls can someone advice for my question, thanks ,
hello po atty,
5 years na po ako hiwalay sa ex husband ko na iranian at dito po kami sa bicol kinasal. balak ko po magfile ng annulment at sana po bigyan u po ako ng legal advice po mula sainyo atty.
Hello. I read here from your responses that a petition for annulment of marriage could still be filed and the case could still continue even if the other spouse does not agree or even oppose the petition. What are the chances that the petition be granted if the one who filed is the ‘guilty’ party?
Hi, i need an advice, i am married for 10 years and now we separated, we havent had an annulment, and now i have a foreign bf and he wants to marry me at his country, can i marry my bf at his own country without having an annulment here? Of course my bf knows about my past…thanks
hello atty..
if i file y annulment and my ex wife contest is possible that my annulment be grant?
thank you
What is the process of annuling a marriage only reported to Philippines? We are both Filipino citizens who got married abroad. Our marriage was in abroad but was only reported to the Philippines. I was considering of filing a divorce while Im here in abroad. My husband left me two years ago and he doesn’t support my child financially. What should the process be? Please give me some legal advice. Thanks.
Hello,
May I ask if I will come across any legal issues if I get married in the Philippines but not register it in US? I am US Citizen.
I have annulled 9 yrs ago but never asked child support from my ex hubby. Do I still have the right to ask for child support even we were annulled already? our siblings now are aged 15 and 17 , girl and boy. They were just 3 yrs old and 1 year old when he left us disappeared abandoned the kids for another woman whom he has kids now.
Thanks.
Diane
can estrangement between spouses be grounds for annulment?
hello , magandang umaga, gusto ko lang idulog sa inyo ang aking sitwasyon, i contracted a marriage with this husband of mine, in a marriage solemnized by a minister.nagkaroon kami ng legal na marriage contract from the NSO.nang ikinasal kami hindi kami nag present ng CNOMAR, later nalaman ko na meron ang husband ko pinakasalan sa embassy ng pilipinas sa middle east.ito bang kasal namin puede maipawalang bisa dahil meron sya pinakasalan bago sya kinasal sa akin? if so, paano at saan ko ito gagawin.
sa ngayon hindi na kami nagsasama sa husband ko, pero ayaw naman niya ang annulment. maraming salamat po sana matulungan nyo ako.God bless.
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The british-filipino husband left me while I was pregnant with my second baby and he have another girl in the UK without letting me know but I found out that he have affair in November 2018. He told me that I used his money for my family and the kids and I just thought he would asked me whatever I want n doesn’t mean to used his money because he said that he love to treat me like a queen but I realized that he has change so much which is why he left me and the kids. And so we have been separated for almost 10 months since we never ever talk again.
Anyway, he wanted to ask me to sign a paper divorce from the UK. Should I get a sign it in the UK (even if I already sign it in the uk and let him go away from me while my last name is still staying.) or what? I want to be happy and move on. Please help me and give me a advise. Thank you.
The british-filipino husband left me while I was pregnant with my second baby and he have another girl in the UK without letting me know but I found out that he have affair in November 2018. He told me that I used his money for my family and the kids and I just thought he would asked me whatever I want n doesn’t mean to used his money because he said that he love to treat me like a queen but I realized that he has change so much which is why he left me and the kids. And so we have been separated for almost 10 months since we never ever talk again.
Anyway, he wanted to ask me to sign a paper divorce from the UK. Should I get a sign it in the UK (even if I already sign it in the uk and let him go away from me while my last name is still staying.) or what? I want to be happy and move on. Please help me and give me a advise. Thank you.