Dear PAO,
My sister was married to a foreign citizen but did not change her nationality and remains to be a Filipino. After 26 years of marriage, they filed for divorce which was eventually granted. She now wants to settle in the Philippines and have their divorce recognized here. She already obtained the original copy of the divorce decree authenticated by our Philippine Embassy and a photocopy of the law (with English translation) allowing divorce in her husband's country where they got married. Will those be enough? A friend told her that she needs to have their divorce acknowledged here and that those are two of the most important things that must be shown in court. Thank you and more power.
Beth
Dear Beth,
Filipinos who marry foreign nationals and who thereafter obtain a divorce decree abroad must have such decree recognized by our courts so that the severance of their marital ties will also be accepted in our jurisdiction.
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