"Article 26 of The Family Code of the Philippines provides that, “Where a marriage between a Filipino citizen and a foreigner is validly celebrated and a divorce is thereafter obtained abroad by the alien spouse capacitating him or her to remarry, the Filipino spouse shall likewise have the capacity to remarry under Philippine law.” The Filipino spouse must obtain a Judicial Recognition of Foreign Divorce Decree from a Philippine court. This means that a Filipino spouse can remarry after being divorced abroad by his or her alien spouse. (Note: alien spouse can mean a Filipino who has acquired foreign citizenship.) As long as the alien spouse can remarry after the divorce, the Filipino spouse can also remarry. However, a Filipino spouse may benefit from the law only when certain requirements are satisfied."
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 06:04:43 +0000