This article examines landmark rulings by the Philippine Supreme Court concerning personal relationships and family matters. It focuses on cases involving same-sex unions, legal separation, annulment, and divorce, highlighting the court's evolving stance on these issues.
Here are some of the High Court's important rulings that touch on love or the things in between or after, like marriage, separation, and violence
Here are some of the High Court’s important rulings that touch on love — or the things in between or after, like marriage, separation, and violence.a historic petition to legalize same-sex union in a predominantly Catholic country that is the Philippines. Three years later, his petition was scheduled for oral arguments, which is part of the standard process for petitions filed with the SC.Falcis’ petition due to technicalities, or for not following proper procedures in SC cases.
“From its plain text, the Constitution does not define, or restrict, marriage on the basis of sex, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression,” the SC said in its decision. “The Court, through the ponente, recognized the protracted history of discrimination and marginalization faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and other gender and sexual minorities community, along with their still ongoing struggle for equality.
Annulment is different from declaration of nullity because in this case, the marriage between a man and a woman is considered valid until declared void. Meanwhile, nullity is a case where the marriage is void from the beginning because of conditions present even before the marriage was solemnized, or because some requirements for marriage were not present during the union.can be based on the totality of evidence.
In 2024, the High Court ruled that the Philippines recognizes this type of divorce — whether through legal or administrative process or by mutual agreement.“The Court held that the type of divorce, whether administrative or judicial, did not matter. As long as the divorce is valid under the foreign spouse’s national law, it will be recognized in the Philippines for the Filipino spouse,” the SC said, quoting the decision penned by Associate Justice Japar Dimaampao.
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