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Marital infidelity: causes, consequences and conclusions; Mediation not allowed in domestic violence cases (with apologies to Pia Guanio); Why marriages fail: He said, She said; Transformers: Why do persistent suitors become passive husbands? How to save your marriage alone; All about women; Why do men think the things they think, say the things they say, and do the things they do? Surviving marital infidelity; Legal lessons from Willie Revillame and Liz Amoro; Marriage: The Ultimate Fighting Championship; Boundaries in marriage; and other articles.
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- 1.55 million unique visits and 4.98 million page views: Thanks for browsing this blog!
- How to pass your law school exams and the bar exams
- A primer on RA 8972 or the Solo Parents’ Welfare Act of 2000
- A primer on the Newborn Screening Act of 2004
- ABS-CBN versus Willie Revillame case: What is a TRO?
- Ad cautelam: filing of pleadings as precaution or appearing in court even as you question its jurisdiction
- Adultery, concubinage, marital infidelity, and psychological violence
- Amy Perez case: Psychological incapacity as ground for declaring a marriage void
- Can a husband and wife in a notarized document declare that they are free to marry other persons and they will not file charges against each other?
- Can a man who had a sex change operation have his birth certificate entry for gender changed from “male” to female”?
- Can a mother be deprived of custody of her child?
- Can an unwed mother avail of the benefits of the Solo Parents Welfare Act?
- Can you legally force your spouse to live with and to love you?
- Child abduction, custody battles, the Sean Goldman case, and Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
- Citizen’s guide to the budget: a weapon against pork barrel scams and corruption, and for government transparency and accountability
- Curfew for minors now illegal under RA 9344 “Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006”
- Custody battles over children between grandparents and a father or mother
- Custody battles over children: what determines fitness of a parent over another?
- Did the Supreme Court order all credit card companies to reduce their interest rate of 3% monthly and penalty fee of 3%?
- Differences between regular employees and project employees, between project employment and fixed term employment
- Divorce and remarriage
- Divorce obtained abroad by a Filipino citizen against alien spouse recognized in the Philippines
- DNA testing to prove legitimacy or illegitimacy of children; Supreme Court’s New Rule on DNA Evidence
- Dual citizenship: A primer on RA 9225 Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003
- Due process and two-notice rule in termination of employment; five calendar days to answer the charges and hearing required
- Escalation of interest rates in loan contracts void without written notice to and written consent of the borrower
- Even if Filipinos get married abroad where divorce is legal, they cannot later on get a divorce that is recognized here in the Philippines
- Family Code of the Philippines: Primer on illegitimate children
- Family Code of the Philippines: Primer on legal separation
- Family Code of the Philippines: Primer on legitimation
- Family Code of the Philippines: Primer on marriage
- Family Code of the Philippines: Primer on paternity, filiation and legitimate children
- Family Code of the Philippines: Primer on rights and obligations between husband and wife
- Family Code of the Philippines: Primer on the family and family home
- Family Code of the Philippines: Primer on the property relations between husband and wife
- Family Code of the Philippines: Primer on void and voidable marriages
- Family Code of the Philippines: Property relations between live-in partners
- Filipino divorced by spouse (former Philippine citizen) can remarry under Article 26 of the Family Code
- From “Jennifer ” to “Jeff ” and from female to male (correction of entries in birth certificate due to intersex condition)
- Happy Valentine’s Day! Avoiding the greener grass syndrome
- HB 6699: Child spanking soon outlawed in RP? Is spanking a Biblically-endorsed way of discipline?
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 01): If your spouse dies without a last will, who will inherit?
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 02): Legitimes, free portions, and intestate shares
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 03): Rights of illegitimate children when their parent dies without a last will
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 04): Who inherits from an illegitimate child?
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 05): The right of legitimate children to inherit
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 06): Settle the estate of your deceased spouse before marrying again
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 07): Is property acquired before marriage the exclusive property of each spouse or does it belong to both spouses?
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 08): Do inherited properties belong exclusively to the spouse who inherited them or to both spouses?
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 09): Last will must be probated; Preterition (when a compulsory heir is omitted in a last will)
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 10): Can nephews and nieces inherit from their grandparents, unmarried aunts or uncles?
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 11): Disinheriting children and descendants, legitimate as well as illegitimate
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 12): Disinheriting your spouse
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 13): When a man is married to or living in with several women successively or simultaneously, who has the right to inherit from him?
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 14): Article 176 of the Family Code: how to compute the inheritance of legitimate and illegitimate children; an illegitimate child gets only 50% of what a legitimate child is entitled to
- Heirs and inheritance (Part 15): Who inherits from a man or woman who died single and with no last will?
- Hold Departure Order for children while the petition for legal separation, annulment or declaration of nullity is ongoing
- Hope and help for the battered woman (2): RA 9262 essential provisions
- Hope and help for the battered woman (3): RA 9262 Protection Orders
- Hope and help for the battered woman (4): Emotional abuse / psychological violence
- Hope and help for the battered woman (5): Biblical response to abuse; evangelical Christians are best husbands – University of Virginia study
- Hospital Detention Law Republic Act No. 9439
- How do courts determine which parent has the right of custody of the children in legal separation, annulment or declaration of nullity?
- If a person gets married while his petition for declaration of nullity of his first marriage is ongoing, can he be charged with bigamy?
- If a wife gets pregnant by a man not her husband, will the child be legitimate or illegitimate?
- If husband and wife have not seen each other for more than seven years, does it mean that their marriage is already void?
- Irreconcilable differences not a ground for declaring a marriage null and void
- Is the Philippine embassy in Japan violating Article 26 of the Family Code and Supreme Court decisions?
- Katrina Halili and Hayden Kho scandal: being under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a prohibited defense under RA 9262
- Katrina Halili vs. Hayden Kho case: What is a demurrer to evidence? Could Hayden be forced to testify in court?
- Kris Aquino and James Yap cannot adopt Bimby jointly or sequentially; only one of them can adopt Bimby
- Laban o Bawi : Parents’ obligations in handling their children’s property
- Laws, facts and statistics on abortions in the Philippines
- Legal definition of "death"
- Legal lesson from “Panday Kids”
- Legal lessons from GMA 7 telenovela “Ikaw Sana”
- Legal lessons from GMA 7’s “First Time” (presumption of legitimacy and simulation of birth)
- Legal lessons from GMA 7’s “Pepito Manaloto”
- Legal lessons from the Kris Aquino - James Yap breakup: legal separation, annulment, declaration of nullity, essential and formal requisites of marriage
- Legal lessons from the Maguindanao Massacre (01): arraignment and plea
- Legal lessons from the Maguindanao massacre (02): bail
- Legal Procedures 01: Jurisdiction of trial courts (MTC, RTC)
- Legal Procedures 02: Jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court
- Legal Procedures 03: Katarungang Pambarangay
- Legal Procedures 04: Cases not subject to Katarungang Pambarangay
- Legal Procedures 05: Preliminary investigation
- Legal Procedures 06: Arrest and bail
- Legal Procedures 07: Search and seizure
- Legal Procedures 08: Rights of the accused
- Legal Procedures 10: Pleadings and motions before arraignment; motion for judicial determination of probable cause
- Legal Procedures 11: Arraignment and pre-trial
- Legal Procedures 12: Trial procedure in criminal cases
- Legal Procedures 13: Motions during trial of a criminal case
- Legal Procedures 14: Criminal cases subject to Summary Procedure
- Legal Procedures 15: Summary Procedure in criminal cases
- Legal Procedures 17: Promulgation of judgment in criminal cases
- Legal Procedures 18: Remedies after conviction
- Legal Procedures 19: Duration of penalties
- Legal Procedures 20: Extinction and prescription of the crime; civil liability
- Legal Procedures 22: Filing of complaint and answer in civil cases
- Legal Procedures 23: Default or failure to answer
- Legal Procedures 24: Motion to Dismiss
- Legal Procedures 25: Kinds of pleadings and motions
- Legal Procedures 26: After the last pleading or motion
- Mandatory drug testing constitutional for students and employees but not for senators and persons accused of crimes
- Maria Venus Raj - Bb.Pilipinas controversy, due process of law and other legal issues
- Mediation not applicable to domestic violence cases
- Miss, Ms, or Mrs? Philippine laws on surname for a married woman
- Philippine law on household helpers; pending bills “Batas Kasambahay” or “Magna Carta for Household Helpers”
- Plain English / Plain Language revisions: BSP Circular No. 702, Series of 2010 on protection of credit card holders
- Plain English / Plain Language revisions: DepEd Order No. 88 s. 2010
- Plain English / Plain Language revisions: DSWD Travel Clearance for Minors
- Plain English / Plain Language revisions: Pantawid Pasada Program guidelines
- Plain English / Plain Language revisions: PDIC notice to Banco Filipino depositors
- Plain English / Plain Language revisions: Public Attorney’s Office guidelines
- Plain English / Plain Language revisions: PVAO educational benefits
- Plain English / Plain Language revisions: RA 9994 Expanded rights of senior citizens
- Plain English / Plain Language revisions: Senate rules of procedure in the impeachment of Chief Justice Corona
- Plain English, Plain Language or Plain Writing for government offices and private companies in the Philippines
- Precautions in buying real estate
- Primer on RA 9262 Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004; myths about spousal abuse; reasons why women stay in abusive relationships
- Primer on RA 7877 or the “Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995”
- Primer on the Family Code of the Philippines: Absolute community of property
- Primer on the Family Code of the Philippines: Donations by reason of marriage
- Procedures in RA 8552 domestic adoption and RA 8043 inter-country adoption; misinterpretation of RA 9523
- Property rights of foreigners married to or living in with Filipino citizens; Can foreigners own land and other real properties in the Philippines?
- Proposed legislation (01): Requiring the publication of orders, notices, etc. on the Internet instead of newspapers, and creating a government office and website for this purpose
- Proposed legislation (02): Adverse claims on real property and certain practices of the Register of Deeds and the Land Registration Authority
- Protecting our families and churches from Internet pornography; court decisions on pornography and obscenity
- Protection Order for abused husbands?
- Questioning the legitimacy of a child, simulation of birth, cancellation of birth certificates
- Quickie marriages under Article 34 of the Family Code: Is the marriage void if the affidavit of marital cohabitation is false?
- Republic Act 9285 Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004: How to solve legal disputes without going to court
- Republic Act No. 9485 Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007
- Right of privacy between spouses: can your spouse open your social media accounts or read text messages on your smartphone without your consent?
- Rights of employees and obligations of employers in business closure, asset sale, or stock sale
- Sexual infidelity or promiscuity does not constitute psychological incapacity
- Should the private handwritten instrument in RA 9255 be signed by the father?
- Small Claims Cases: Someone owes you money but refuses to pay?
- Support for an abandoned woman and her family
- Ted Failon case (1): what is obstruction of justice?
- Ted Failon case (2): When police officers “invite” you; RA 7438 rights of a person under custodial investigation
- The "Battered Woman Syndrome" as defense
- The "Battered Woman Syndrome" explained
- The Estrada vs. Escritor case: Did the Supreme Court legitimize live-in relationships?
- The Internet, chat rooms, and marital infidelity
- Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng: Free PDF download “Where is God When Things Go Wrong?”
- Unfair credit card debt collection practices and their sanctions under BSP regulations
- Visitation rights over illegitimate children
- What happens in an annulment case if the respondent fails to file an Answer?
- What surname should illegitimate children use? Problems and issues with RA 9255 and its implementing guidelines
- When a family member is a drug dependent
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