00:00Here in the Philippines, the legal annulment, as you said, if the trigger issue of the filer is psychological incapacity,
00:07there are still a lot of things to go through like the evaluation of the medical professional, expenses, and scheduling the hearing.
00:16To be honest, is it really expensive if it hurts?
00:23For example, in my experience in handling cases, of course, they will go to me, their ex is in the Philippines.
00:33When they go to me, they will tell me how much the expenses are here.
00:37They have the option of course to process their annulment there.
00:43If we compare it, it's very cheap here in Canada.
00:48It's cheap and relatively fast.
00:53Here in the Philippines, I know that the acceptance is around P250,000.
00:59And then for the psychologists, I asked my contemporaries in the Philippines who practice family law annulment.
01:11The psychologists are around P15,000 to P20,000 easily.
01:18They can spend up to P500,000 to P1,000,000.
01:22It's very restrictive for our countrymen who struggle financially.
01:27And we also noticed in the stories we did, the poor families are not able to afford the cost of divorce.
01:38Senate President Chief Escudero said that one of the things he would like to add to the House of Representatives is a public attorney's office service.
01:51Is that possible?
01:54Although we know that this is just an addition to the overwork and there's a lot of work for the people.
02:02Very doable.
02:04Of course, the setup here is very ideal.
02:12Here in Canada, you can go through the entire process of divorce self-represented.
02:19You don't even have to engage the services of a lawyer to be able to go through the entire procedure.
02:25However, if the individual is challenged or wants to file a divorce, there is a duty council here and there is also Legal Aid Ontario here in our province
02:44that provides a free service or a service that is based on the rate of payment of an individual based on their income.
02:56So it can be free or it can also be based on your income, the rate you will pay to the people of Canada.
03:07In a way, it's very doable.
03:11It can be an example for the Philippines to follow in order to help our indigenous people.
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