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Jun 12, 2024 · MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has transmitted House Bill No. 9349 or the approved bill for absolute divorce to the Senate.
Mar 20, 2018 · Here's what you need to know about moves to legalize divorce in the Philippines—the only other country aside from the Vatican City where it is illegal to do so.
Jul 13, 2024 · DIVORCE BILL. Senator Risa Hontiveros, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, and Family Relations, presides over the public hearing on proposed “Instituting Absolute Divorce and Dissolution of Marriage in the Philippines” at the Senate in Pasay city on Tuesday, September 17.
Mar 15, 2024 · This comprehensive overview of the legal considerations surrounding divorce in the Philippines highlights the current legal framework, the distinctions between annulment and legal separation, and the potential implications of introducing divorce legislation.
May 23, 2024 · A divided House of Representatives yesterday approved on third and final reading the absolute divorce bill that in nearly four decades only reached plenary debates in the halls of Congress.
May 23, 2024 · With 126 lawmakers voting in favor, 109 against, and 20 abstaining, the House of Representatives approved the House Bill No. 9349, or The Absolute Divorce Act, on its third and final reading, just two months after the House Committee on Population and Family Relations referred it.
Sep 6, 2021 · On August 17, 2021, the Philippine government announced that a bill proposing the legalization of divorce in the Philippines had been approved by the Committee on Population and Family Relations of the House of Representatives.
