With a unanimous vote 12-0, the House population and family relations on Tuesday approved the substitute bill reinstituting absolute divorce in the Philippines.
According to 1st District Rep. Edcel Lagman, "Spouses, especially wives, will soon have the option of getting out of an irremediably broken marriage and get a new lease on life with the approval by the House Committee on Population and Family Relations of the bill reinstituting absolute divorce in the Philippines."
The bill seek that "a divorce petition will undergo judicial process where proof of the for the divorce is established and that the marriage has completely collapsed without any possibility of reconciliation."
Here are the other features of the proposed Absolute Divorce Act :
"Quickie, notarial, email, and other speedy drive-thru divorce are prohibited."
"There is a cooling-off period of sixty (60) days after the filling of the divorce petition wherein the judge shall exert earnest efforts to reconcile the parties."
"The public prosecutor is mandated to conduct an investigation to assure that there is no collusion between the parties or whether one party coerced the other to file the divorce petition."
"At any time during the proceedings, if the parties agree to reconcile, the petition is dismissed."
"Even after the issuance of an absolute divorce decree, when the parties decide to reconcile, the divorce degree shall be nullified."
"There are harsh penalties for those who collude to secure a divorce decree or of one spouse coercing the other to file for divorce. The penalties consist of an indivisible punishment of five years imprisonment and a sizeable fine."
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