I would like to know if I need to change my last name after getting married on my legal documents? Do I really need to change my last name on those?

Thanks for the help

Ruth

After 10 years. I married my present wife with 3 kids. And So does she..without filing any annulement papers. But both of us agreed that it will be taken care soon.

My question is.

My present marriage was administered in Manila. Can I register them to the NSO?

a man legally marriage with woman A, and after 5 years, he living together with woman B.
in the next 30 years.
he has two houses, one for woman A, one for woman B, and he stays with woman B about 80% of the days, 20% with woman A.

now he dead, no will, woman A has children with the man, woman b has no children.
children of woman A, woman A, and woman B are all alive now

from your article, i think woman B are in common law marriage with the man, and woman A is in a normal legit marrage. the code said the property should be shared equally between the husband of wife.
but he got twi wifes, so how should the properties under his name shared/ inherited ?

If a couple only got married because the woman was impregnated (they weren’t together officially when it happened) and later on, half of the couple realized that the marriage was a mistake and she’d like to cohabit with another man, is that grounds for annulment? If the husband and wife have agreed to live in separate homes and the wife decides to live with another, is that acceptable?

Thank you in advance for your response.

does a common-law marriage start with day 1 of living together i.e. in a commonly rented apartment or as of what point? And by what – aside from evident separation – is such a common-law marriage interrupted? I´m asking due to a European friend moving in but also being gone for months to work elsewhere (outside Philippines)? Thanks for your reply.

Thank you. First off, I’m prohibited from giving any legal advice, so let’s limit this to giving you legal information. As discussed in the article, only the properties acquired by both parties through their actual joint contribution of money, property or industry shall be owned in common in proportion to the respective contribution.  In the absence of proof to the contrary, the sharing is equal. I’m sure that if you ask your bank about this, they will refer that question to their lawyers. I suppose they would say that since the account is under the name of the guy (not a joint account), then it goes to him or to his legal heirs (and that would be the legitimate family and the illegitimate children). Just try to ask the bank and check what they would say. Thanks.

Jane,

In general, a father (regardless of whether the child is legitimate or illegitimate) is under obligation to give support.