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Juco Law Firm

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  • Home
  • About Us
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  • Reviews
  • Contact Us
  • Annulment of Marriage
  • Domestic Violence VAWC
  • foreign divorce
  • Prenuptial Agreement
  • Child Custody and Support

Foreign Divorce, Support and Custody

Legal issues we deal with

The practice of Family Law requires a delicate balancing of the sometimes disparate interests of family members.


Whatever your needs, we are prepared to assist you, whether this may involve legal separation, declaration of nullity or annulment of a marriage, Recognition of Foreign Divorce, child support and custody, preparation and execution of a will, adoption of a child. Civil relations among family members are always a delicate field of law and deserve a sense of compassion tempered by justice. 


  • Annulment of Marriage
  • Nullification of Marriage
  • Legal Separation
  • Recognition of Foreign Divorce in the Philippines
  • Child Support and Custody
  • Violence Against Women and Children or VAWC
  • Adoption
  • Property Relations, Sales & Transfers
  • Land Ownership
  • Wills and Succession
  • Prenuptial Agreement


Litigation

  • Civil Disputes
  • Criminal Cases
  • Case Appeals

We build a positive and informed relationship with our clients that goes beyond the rendering of legal advice. 


As a law firm, we specialize in bringing the law to your corner. We are dedicated to understanding what results you want and to helping you understand what actions we can take on your behalf. As your attorneys, will work with you every step of the way to make sure that you understand the choices you are making and feel empowered to make them. 


We are prepared to advise and assist you with respect to your legal requirements, ranging from family law (including annulment of marriage, divorce recognition (foreign decree), legal separation, child support and custody, violence against women and children as well as property relations, wills, and succession, civil disputes, criminal cases and case appeals.


Every morning, our legal team has a meeting to discuss our cases. This means that no matter who you go with in our law firm, the expertise of the whole team weighs in on your case.  

Foreign Divorce

Foreign Divorce Recognition in the Philippines

There is no divorce in the Philippines, but when a divorce is validly obtained and initiated abroad by the foreign spouse, the Filipino spouse shall have the capacity to remarry under Philippine law (Article 26, 2nd paragraph, of the Family Code). 

Nonetheless, in the case of Republic vs. Manalo, G.R. No. 221029, April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court answered in the affirmative, the issue of whether or not a divorce decree initiated and obtained abroad by a Filipino spouse, be recognized in the Philippines. 


Thus, a Filipino can now initiate and obtain a divorce abroad as long as it is allowed therein, and in accordance with the national law of the foreign spouse.


However, the foreign divorce decree must be judicially recognized first, in order for it to be enforced or confirmed in the Philippines. 


A valid divorce decree obtained abroad is not automatically recognized in the Philippines. A foreign divorce decree must be proven, just like any fact, in the Philippine jurisdiction. The proper petition must be filed in court. Philippines Courts do not automatically recognize foreign judgment. It must be proven first. Otherwise, it will presume that said judgment is in accordance with Philippine Law, since divorce is not allowed here. 



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Foreign Divorce, Support and Custody in the Philippines

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