Bill Type
Congress Name
Full Title of Bill
AN ACT REINSTITUTING ABSOLUTE DIVORCE AS AN ALTERNATIVE MODE FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
June 30, 2022
Date Read
July 26, 2022
Bill Status
Substituted by HB09349
Mother Bill Status
Reported out 2023-09-27 (#00806);Submitted by POPULATION AND FAMILY RELATIONS
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00078 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT REINSTITUTING ABSOLUTE DIVORCE AS AN ALTERNATIVE MODE FOR THE DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE | |
| ABSTRACT : Defines absolute divorce as the judicial dissolution of a marriage or the termination of the bond of matrimony where the spouses return to their status of being single with the right to contract marriage again. Defines other terms among others as follows: abandonment, alimony, bigamous marriage, child custody, court-assisted petitioner, domestic or marital abuse, irreconcilable differences, marital infidelity, psychological incapacity, sex reassignment surgery, transgender, and transsexual. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : LAGMAN, EDCEL C., FERRER, JULIET MARIE DE LEON | |
| DATE FILED : 2022-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Estrella (000 2022-08-01) | 2. Tan (R.M.) (000 2022-08-30) |
| 3. Tan (S.J.) (000 2022-08-30) | 4. Cojuangco (J.) (000 2022-08-30) |
| 5. Castro (F.) (000 2022-08-30) | 6. De Venecia (000 2022-08-30) |
| 7. Reyes (000 2022-08-30) | 8. Magsino (000 2022-08-31) |
| 9. Roman (000 2022-08-31) | 10. Abalos (000 2022-09-01) |
| 11. Pleyto (000 2022-09-01) | 12. Flores (000 2022-09-01) |
| 13. Adiong (000 2022-09-01) | 14. Defensor (L.) (000 2022-09-01) |
| 15. Balindong (000 2022-09-01) | 16. Paglas (000 2022-09-01) |
| 17. Sali (000 2022-09-01) | 18. Arbison (000 2022-09-01) |
| 19. Dimaporo (M.K.) (000 2022-09-01) | 20. Dimaporo (S.A.) (000 2022-09-01) |
| 21. Garin (J.) (000 2022-09-01) | 22. Benitez (000 2022-09-01) |
| 23. Paduano (000 2022-09-01) | 24. Caoagdan (000 2022-09-01) |
| 25. Brosas (000 2022-09-01) | 26. Hataman (000 2022-09-01) |
| 27. Tan-Tambut (000 2022-09-01) | 28. De Jesus (000 2022-09-01) |
| 29. Morden (000 2022-09-01) | 30. Fortes (000 2022-09-01) |
| 31. Loyola (000 2022-09-01) | 32. Suansing (H.) (000 2022-09-01) |
| 33. Haresco (000 2022-09-02) | 34. Co-Pilar (000 2022-09-05) |
| 35. Herrera (000 2022-09-06) | 36. Duterte (000 2022-09-06) |
| 37. Hagedorn (000 2022-09-06) | 38. Manuel (000 2022-09-07) |
| 39. Fernandez (000 2022-09-08) | 40. Nava (000 2022-09-12) |
| 41. Bulut-Begtang (000 2022-09-13) | 42. Garcia (P.J.) (000 2022-09-13) |
| 43. Billones (000 2022-09-13) | 44. Matugas (000 2022-09-14) |
| 45. Romualdo (000 2022-09-15) | 46. Salceda (000 2022-09-16) |
| 47. Albano (A.) (000 2022-09-19) | 48. Dy (I.P.) (000 2022-09-19) |
| 49. Lacson (000 2022-09-20) | 50. Singson-Meehan (000 2022-09-27) |
| 51. Silverio (000 2022-10-03) | 52. Colada (000 2022-11-21) |
| 53. Eudela (000 2022-11-23) | 54. Kho (W.) (000 2022-11-09) |
| 55. Emano (000 2022-11-09) | 56. Amatong (000 2022-12-06) |
| 57. Cruz (A.) (000 2023-03-01) | 58. Roque (000 2023-03-06) |
| 59. Ty (000 2023-03-15) | 60. Bautista (000 2023-03-20) |
| 61. Agarao (000 2023-03-21) | 62. Lacson-Noel (000 2023-03-22) |
| 63. Abunda (000 2023-04-03) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON POPULATION AND FAMILY RELATIONS ON 2022-07-26 |
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Defines absolute divorce as the judicial dissolution of a marriage or the termination of the bond of matrimony where the spouses return to their status of being single with the right to contract marriage again. Defines other terms among others as follows: abandonment, alimony, bigamous marriage, child custody, court-assisted petitioner, domestic or marital abuse, irreconcilable differences, marital infidelity, psychological incapacity, sex reassignment surgery, transgender, and transsexual.
Significance