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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Freedom of religion in public schools

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With regards the teaching of religion to public school students, the 1987 Constitution in Article XIV, Section 3, paragraph (3), states, “...

Extra-judicial settlement of estates

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Q: My father died leaving some properties to my mother and three children, including me. How can we divide up his properties? What are the r...

Correction of birth certificates

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Q: How can I have my birth certificate corrected? A: For change of first name, and for correction of minor clerical errors, you can simpl...

Marriage between first cousins

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Q: Can I get married to my first cousin? A: No, you cannot. You are related to your cousin by four civil degrees, and thus any such marri...

Legal separation and declaration of nullity

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Q: What is the difference between legal separation and declaration of nullity? A: The grounds or reasons are different, and more importan...

Divorce and declaration of nullity

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Q: What is the difference between divorce and declaration of nullity? A: In divorce (which is non-existent in the Philippines), the groun...

Annulment and declaration of nullity

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Q: Is there any difference between annulment and declaration of nullity of marriage? A: Under Articles 35 up to 54 of the Family Code, so...

Marriage license requirement

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Q: My boyfriend and I are both above 21 years of age, and we want to get married, with our parents' consent. But the Local Civil Registr...

Psychological incapacity

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Q: What is psychological incapacity? A: Article 36 of the Family Code provides, “A marriage contracted by any party who, at the time of...

Effects of Art. 36

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Q: What are the effects when a marriage is declared null and void under Article 36 of the Family Code? A: Articles 50 up to 54 of the Fam...

Rights of illegitimate children

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Q: What are the rights of illegitimate children? A: Under Republic Act 9255, Article 176 of the Family Code has been amended, allowing il...

Marriage certificate not in NSO files

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Q: My husband found out that our marriage certificate is not on file with the National Statistics Office. He said that our marriage is there...

Adoption and simulation of birth

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(Note: Click the picture to download a free PDF newsletter on this topic.) What is the difference between adoption and simulation of birth? ...
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005

The Marian Guinn Case [2]: right of church discipline ends upon withdrawal of membership

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As I mentioned previously, the Oklahoma State Supreme Court ruled that: 1. All actions of the church in disciplining Guinn before she with...
Sunday, November 06, 2005

The Marian Guinn Case: Improper use of church discipline

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I grew up in the Mandaluyong Bible Baptist Church in Nueve de Febrero St. under missionary Fred Null and his wife Lorene, and Pastor Wen Sec...
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Saturday, November 05, 2005

Supreme Court ruling on termination or expulsion of church members

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The ruling of our Supreme Court cited below illustrates the need for the following: (1) for local Baptist churches to draft a Constitutio...

SEC registration of churches

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Related discussions (external links): Registering a local Baptist church with the SEC either as corporation sole or as religious so...
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Sunday, October 30, 2005

Welcome

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Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Through this weblog (a companion tool of a website I have been working on for the...