House approves divorce bill in final reading

THE House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a measure seeking to legalize absolute divorce.House Bill 9349, or the Absolute Divorce Act, garnered 126 “yes” votes, 109 “no” votes, and 20 abstentions.The measure, authored by Albay Representative Edcel Lagman, seeks to reinstitute divorce as an alternative mode for dissolution “of an irremediably broken marriage.

Under the absolute divorce bill, the grounds for legal separation under the Family Code of the Philippines can also be considered, such as:* Physical violence or grossly abusive conduct directed against the petitioner, a common child, or a child of the petitioner;* Physical violence or moral pressure to compel the petitioner to change religious or political affiliation;* Attempt of respondent to corrupt or induce the petitioner, a common child, or a child of the petitioner, to engage in...

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