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Friday, December 07, 2007

Heirs and inheritance (Part 12): How to disinherit your spouse

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Summary / Definition of terms 1. “Testate or testamentary succession” refers to situations where the person dies leaving a last will. 2...
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Monday, November 26, 2007

Protecting our families and churches from Internet pornography; court decisions on pornography and obscenity

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Pornography in its various forms (magazines, videos, films, online, etc) is a 12 to 13 billion dollar industry that’s wreaking havoc on fami...
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Saturday, November 17, 2007

Family Code of the Philippines: Property relations between live-in partners

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Articles 147 and 148 of the Family Code of the Philippines are the governing laws on property relations between a man and a woman in a live...
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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Procedures in RA 8552 domestic adoption and RA 8043 inter-country adoption; misinterpretation of RA 9523

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Index of topics discussed in this post: Update as of March 2, 2019: Republic Act No. 11222 “Simulated Birth Rectification Act” Infertilit...
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Saturday, November 10, 2007

Can a man who had a sex change operation have his birth certificate entry for gender changed from “male” to female”?

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The Supreme Court ruled negatively on this question in the case of “ Rommel Jacinto Dantes Silverio versus Republic of the Philippines ”, G....
Thursday, November 01, 2007

Legal definition of “death” in the Philippines

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The medical community, here and abroad, has used several criteria by which to determine whether a person is dead or alive. These are: (1)...
Sunday, October 07, 2007

Curfew for minors now illegal under RA 9344 “Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006”

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Update as of November 3, 2017: SC okays curfew for QC minors, but not in Manila and Navotas (Business Mirror) After a thorough evaluat...
Monday, September 03, 2007

Primer on the Family Code of the Philippines: Absolute community of property

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Articles 88 up to 104 of the Family Code are the governing laws on the system of property relations between spouses known as ACP or absolut...
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Sunday, August 26, 2007

Primer on the Family Code of the Philippines: Donations by reason of marriage

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Articles 82 to 87 of the Family Code are the governing laws on donations between spouses. What are donations by reasons of marriage? Do...
Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Heirs and inheritance (Part 13): When a man is married to or living in with several women successively or simultaneously, which woman has the right to inherit from him?

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The Cariňo vs. Cariňo case decided by the Supreme Court involved two Susans (one surnamed Nicdao and the other one Yee) who were married to...
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