The Mangahas interview: What you need to know about Divorce

The Philippines remains the only country in the world, apart from the Vatican, that does not have any (Absolute) Divorce Law for its citizens.

Recently, on 22 May 2024, the Filipino people who have long been waiting for an Absolute Divorce Law to be implemented therein saw a glimmer of hope when the Absolute Divorce Act (House Bill 9349) was approved on its third and final reading in the Philippine House of Representatives.

  How can the passage of this law affect Filipino Citizens living in Canada? Will this be the golden answer to the plight of individuals, male and female (husbands and wives) alike in getting the much desired freedom from a loveless or abusive marriage? Will this affect the filing of a Petition for Recognition of Foreign Marriages? How does a Canadian resident file and serve Divorce documents via the Hague Convenon Judicial Service? How about the children of these marriages, what becomes of them when their parents get divorced?