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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
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February 5, 2018
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MANILA – The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill that grants a church annulment of a marriage the same effect as a decree of annulment by a court.
House Bill 6779 provides that marriage is subsequently annulled or declared a nullity in a final judgment or decree in accordance with the canons or precepts of the church or religious sect.
Representatives passed the measure via unanimous vote.
“[A church] annulment, dissolution or declaration of nullity shall have the same effect as a decree of annulment, dissolution or declaration of nullity issued by a competent court,” the bill stated.
Meanwhile the status of the children in a church-annulled marriage shall be determined in accordance with provisions of the Family Code of the Philippines.
But in case the ground for the church annulment decree is not similar to any of the grounds provided in the Family Code, their common children born or conceived before the issuance of the church annulment decree shall be considered legitimate.
The bill also states that the liquidation, partition and distribution of the property of the spouses, custody and support of the common children, and the delivery of their presumptive legitimes shall be agreed upon by the spouses.
Moreover, the church annulment decree shall be recorded in the appropriate civil registries together with the agreement of the spouses required under the measure within 30 days from the issuance of such decree, subject to conditions that may be imposed by the church or religious sect, the bill stated.
Either of the former spouses may marry again after complying with the requirements under the measure and Article 52 of the Family Code.
In securing a marriage license, the spouse involved must present a certified true copy of the church annulment decree registered with the appropriate civil registry./PN
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