One of the recurring issues in this forum, perhaps primarily because of the apparent increase in interest of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in annulment, is the proper venue of petitions for annulment or declaration of nullity. To address this issue, let’s consider the following provisions of the Rule on Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Void [...]
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Venue of Petitions for Annulment or Declaration of Nullity
Published by November 29th, 2007 in Annulment and Legal Separation. 3 CommentsRule on declaration of absolute nullity of void mariages and annulment of voidable marriages
Published by November 29th, 2007 in Annulment and Legal Separation. 9 CommentsA.M. No. 02-11-10-SC
RE: PROPOSED RULE ON DECLARATION OF ABSOLUTE NULLITY OF VOID MARRIAGES AND ANNULMENT OF VOIDABLE MARRIAGES
R E S O L U T I O N
Acting on the letter of the Chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Rules of Court submitting for this Court’s consideration and approval the Proposed Rule on Declaration [...]
Prohibition against Mail-Order Brides
Published by November 28th, 2007 in Criminal Law, Family and Property Law and Immigration Law. 1 CommentYou may be aware of the existence of mail-order brides, although you may not be aware that this is an “industry.” According to a study (The “Mail-Order” Bride Industry and its Impact on U.S. Immigration), funded through the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service:
The 1-year bar in filing an Impeachment complaint
Published by November 28th, 2007 in Elections and Constitutional Law. 0 CommentsThis is a partial case digest of Franciso, Jr. vs. House of Representatives (G.R. No. 160261, 10 November 2003), which case involves the issue of whether the filing of the second impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr. with the House of Representatives falls within the one year bar provided in the [...]
SC rejects change of name and gender by reason of sex reassignment surgery
Published by November 3rd, 2007 in Family and Property Law and Obiter/News. 0 CommentsThis is a digest of Rommel Jacinto Dantes Silverio vs. Republic (G.R. No. 174689, 22 October 2007), wherein the petitioner sought to have his name in his birth certificate changed from “Rommel Jacinto†to “Mely,†and his sex from “male†to “femaleâ€, after having undergone sex reassignment surgery.
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