MANILA, Philippines -- The House of Representatives approved the absolute divorce bill on third and final reading.
At least 126 lawmakers voted for the passage of House Bill 9349 during plenary session on Wednesday, 109 were against while 20 abstained.In the Philippines, there is no divorce except for Muslims. House of Representatives. Photo from House of Representatives FB Page Absolute divorce is defined in the bill as 'the judicial dissolution of a marriage or the termination of the bond of matrimony where the spouses return to their status of being single with the right to contract marriage again.
'Grounds for absolute divorce under the bill included: physical violence or 'grossly abusive conduct' towards the petitioner, a common child, or the petitioner's child; a final sentence to imprisonment of over six years; drug addiction, habitual alcoholism, or chronic gambling; bigamous marriage; and marital infidelity, perversion, having a child with a person other than the spouse, except if they agreed to have a child through in vitro fertilization or a similar procedure or if...
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