My move to the Philippines
- Thread starter Jexnell
- Start date
Both can goto jail for adultery, especially if they cheat with a married person.
That’s hard to believe. What if someone is in an abusive relationship? One would think that would qualify for divorce but you’re saying they’re just now considering that possibility in a bill. In other words, even that doesn’t justify a divorce currently. Am I understanding correctly?
Yes you are hearing that right. Currently there is no divorce in the Philippines. You can get an anollment, and having a cause like abuse will get it fast tracked. Also the abuser would be the one to have to pay for it.
We foreigners who have divorce in our home countries are a special case. We can go back to our home countries, get a divorce, and the Philippines will observe it.
Last I heard the Divorce bill passed the house and senate. Now waiting on president to sign it into law.
As I mentioned before you will only be able too get a divorce if you have one of the qualifications that allow the divorce. If i remember correctly they are adultery, abuse, drug addiction, homosexuality. There may be a couple more I did not remember. But, there won't be no clause divorce like in America where you merry someone and six months later divorce them and get 50% of everything they own.
We foreigners who have divorce in our home countries are a special case. We can go back to our home countries, get a divorce, and the Philippines will observe it.
Last I heard the Divorce bill passed the house and senate. Now waiting on president to sign it into law.
As I mentioned before you will only be able too get a divorce if you have one of the qualifications that allow the divorce. If i remember correctly they are adultery, abuse, drug addiction, homosexuality. There may be a couple more I did not remember. But, there won't be no clause divorce like in America where you merry someone and six months later divorce them and get 50% of everything they own.
Fascinating. Always interesting to learn about other countries and cultures. I wonder what overall effect those laws are having on society by forcing people to stay together and work things out versus allowing for easy access to divorces.
From what I gather, people only marry when they really mean it here. Some do fall apart later on and if they can't afford the anollment, then they just live separately and risk jail if caught committing adultery or an angry ex reports them.
Biggest problem I see here is lack of sex education around contraceptives. Lots of single mothers here. Young adults engage in unprotected sex. She gets pregnant and the man leaves cause he's not ready to responsible.
Last edited:
