Comments on: Annulment, Divorce and Legal Separation in the Philippines: Questions and Answers

By: myboo17

myboo17 — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:28:06 +0000

i hope you can answer this attorney…pls

is there anyway to get annulled if the other party doesn’t wanna cooperate?!?

heres the situation the guy is in the state his an american citizen. way back before he got married a “FORCE” marriage and now he want to do something about it he wants to get annulled before the girl said yes and now the girl changes her mind. is there anyway the guy can get out of that marriage or do something about it?!

thank you!!!

By: divina lapuz

divina lapuz — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:16:34 +0000

hi,i am divina lapuz,i just want to know the legal process of annulment,i am almost 4 years separated with my ex husband,he go with another woman while i am working abroad,and we are civil married,how can i find an easiest way of annulment,please help me..thank you so much

By: shonzz

shonzz — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:46:36 +0000

Dear Atty,

Good day!

My concern is all about my friend. She got married at the age of 16 and got 2 kids.. But she find her husband having other woman and decided to void their marriage because she’s not yet 18 at that time.. But as she got her CENOMAR at the NSO, their marriage was registered.. Does their marriage still voidable?

Thank you in advance for the reply..

By: lonelymhe

lonelymhe — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:55:47 +0000

I am married to a foriegn guy for almost 1 year now..i just found out that i am not happy for being married to him. I want to file a annulment. I dont know how to do it. What should i do?

By: MML84

MML84 — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:58:50 +0000

Atty fred,

I have two kids, 5 and 2 yrs old. In case the parents are filing for annulment. Who gets the custody of the children? what are the grounds that a mother will not have the custody of the children? Is unemployment one ground that i may not have them? Since i am a full time housewife but i am a graduate of a four-year course. What are the things i need to know about legal custody of the children? Thanks

By: jcmotrp

jcmotrp — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:19:58 +0000

Dear Atty,

Is there a way to speed up the annulment process? My best friend was previously married because they had to. The girl got pregnant, but unfortunately lost the baby in the end. They tried to remain married but the marriage was already in trouble. His wife went to the States for residency training. Eventually, she decided to break things of. My best friend filed for annulment last July 2011 and it has been almost seven months since the filing and it is still on the stage of publication. Does it really take this long? He is thinking of getting another lawyer who could do it faster. BTW, his wife married some one in the States. Does this help speed up his case in any way?

By: dodong051186

dodong051186 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:37:32 +0000

atty good day to you…

i really needed help badly,i got married 2007 and im still 20 at that time. my girl was preg less than a month that was may 2007, there fam wants us to get married in the same year, my parents visited there place and my parents decided that our married will took place dec 2007 . with less financial no agreement was made when my parents left there place… i was still in my GF house and her parents forced me that we should get married the next month (rushed?),then in may 2007 we got a married (still it was there it intent that we should get married) after our marriage my fam and my GF fam went into a argument during the reception my parents don’t want me to get married early… i can still remember that on our marriage cert that only one who signed in the witness signature under my side and the signature that i used is not correct,i didn’t even have any visitor except my fam (only my mom and dad). we lived together for one year and 8 months and ended up separated)….and now im 26 knowing that our marriage is not good…in case atty that i want to remarry on the statement above how will i solve this? thnx more power…

By: LJhay

LJhay — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:10:03 +0000

what if couples doesn’t have any kind of communication for 5yrs onwards, will that be consider as legally separated?! or they both need to file a legal separation for them to be free from each other?!

By: laisamz

laisamz — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:12:41 +0000

I am married for almost 10 yrs. since 2002 by way of paying… somewhere in Caloocan City. After a week i checked in the NSO and was registered.Were not living together since after we got married.We dont have kids.There were no financial support happend since from the start or i’ll call it as ‘”KANYA-KANYA”‘. We did both communication for just 3 yrs only and after that no more. By 2006,verbally he asked me freedom because he got a live-in partner and have kids. Last year when i got home,i traced the church stated in our marriage contract and it was not existing and the person who conducted too.Our marriage was happened in Caloocan but our marriage license was registered in Mecauayan,Bulacan,its all gawa gawa. Actually i got married with my ex-husband for the reason that he wants to scapped from the other woman whom he is going to marry that time and that woman was my cousin which i knew 6 months after we got married. Me and my ex-husband were boyfriend for 3 months.What will i do?What would be my grounds ? i want to nullify our marriage,i want to marry w/ my present bf,im already 34,and want to settledown for my own.what is your best advise ?How long it would take the process?And how much it will cost?We both came from Valencia,Bohol.Thank you in anvadce and happy new year!

Is there a chance/ posibility that divorce will be granted in the philippines?

By: roshie

roshie — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:59:05 +0000

Dear Atty,

is STD that happen within the marriage year (3-4 yras ago) can be ground for annulment? me and my husband is not living together anymore and my husband agreed that i will take care of my child, my husband’s family is threatening me that they will make a story that i kidnapped my own child, can it be grounds for legal separation?