Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
FULL TITLE : AN ACT INSTITUTING ABSOLUTE DIVORCE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
June 30, 2016
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00116 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT INSTITUTING ABSOLUTE DIVORCE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : The Absolute Divorce Act Of 2016 | |
| ABSTRACT : Gives the espouses opportunity in irremediably failed marriages to secure an absolute divorce decree under limited ground and well-defined procedures to avoid abuse, save the children from the pain and stress of their parents" marital clashes, and grant the divorced espouses the right to marry again for another chance to achieve marital bliss. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : LAGMAN, EDCEL C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2016-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| NATURE : Reform | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Baguilat (000 2016-06-30) | 2. Cayetano (008 2016-08-09) |
| 3. Batocabe (010 2016-08-15) | 4. Go (A.C.) (011 2016-08-16) |
| 5. Belmonte (F.) (011 2016-08-16) | 6. Bag-ao (014 2016-08-23) |
| 7. Tinio (032 2016-10-04) | 8. Catamco (037 2016-10-17) |
| 9. Leachon (095 2017-05-29) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Scheduled for meeting/hearing on 2017-11-25 | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB07303 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON POPULATION AND FAMILY RELATIONS ON 2016-07-26 |
Abstract
Gives the espouses opportunity in irremediably failed marriages to secure an absolute divorce decree under limited ground and well-defined procedures to avoid abuse, save the children from the pain and stress of their parents" marital clashes, and grant the divorced espouses the right to marry again for another chance to achieve marital bliss
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