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AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 96, CHAPTER 3, AND ARTICLE 124, CHAPTER 4, TITLE IV OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Date filed
July 1, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00370 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 96, CHAPTER 3, AND ARTICLE 124, CHAPTER 4, TITLE IV OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES |
| ABSTRACT : The bill seeks to amend Section 96 (on ownerhsip, administration, enjoyment and disposition of community propery) and Section 124 (on conjugal partnership of gains) of the Family Code to grant the wife equal standing with the husband with regard to the administration and enjoyment of community property or conjugal partnership property. The passage of the bill would align the Family Code with the Constitutional guarantee of fundamental equality of men and women before the law. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : BARINAGA, ROSELLER L. |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-01 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF LAWS ON 2004-07-27 |
Abstract
The bill seeks to amend Section 96 (on ownerhsip, administration, enjoyment and disposition of community propery) and Section 124 (on conjugal partnership of gains) of the Family Code to grant the wife equal standing with the husband with regard to the administration and enjoyment of community property or conjugal partnership property. The passage of the bill would align the Family Code with the Constitutional guarantee of fundamental equality of men and women before the law.'
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