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AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 26 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, GRANTING A FILIPINO CITIZEN THE RIGHT TO REMARRY AFTER HIS/HER ALIEN SPOUSE VALIDLY OBTAINS A DIVORCE ABROAD
Date filed
January 26, 2009
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB05832 |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 26 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, GRANTING A FILIPINO CITIZEN THE RIGHT TO REMARRY AFTER HIS/HER ALIEN SPOUSE VALIDLY OBTAINS A DIVORCE ABROAD |
| ABSTRACT : States that “Where a marriage between a Filipino citizen and a foreigner is validly celebrated and a divorce is thereafter validly obtained abroad by the alien spouse capacitating him or her to remarry, the Filipino spouse shall have capacity to remarry under Philippine law.†|
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : OCAMPO, SATUR C. |
| DATE FILED : 2009-01-26 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : |
| 1. Colmenares (072 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF LAWS ON 2009-01-28 |
Abstract
States that "Where a marriage between a Filipino citizen and a foreigner is validly celebrated and a divorce is thereafter validly obtained abroad by the alien spouse capacitating him or her to remarry, the Filipino spouse shall have capacity to remarry under Philippine law."
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