00:00Some Filipinos find a way to avail of divorce abroad easily.
00:05Family law expert Katrina Lagarda reveals some overseas Filipino workers go to Guam for divorce,
00:11a separation that could be recognized in the Philippines later on.
00:15Lagarda says they discovered that Guam only has a seven-day residence requirement and you can file a divorce.
00:20They come back to this country having obtained a divorce in Guam and the only requirement there is that the Filipino spouse here has to sign an agreement
00:35that they are not objecting to the separation of property and the custody and support of the children.
00:43There is no divorce in the Philippines, only a declaration of nullity of marriage and annulment.
00:48However, the country recognizes divorce obtained in another country.
00:53Under the Family Code, Filipinos previously married to foreigners can ask Philippine courts to recognize their foreign divorce.
01:00Lagarda served as amicus curiae, or friend of the court, in oral arguments before the Supreme Court
01:05that involves a Filipino who became a dual citizen and got a divorce while living abroad.
01:10The unnamed petitioner sought his divorce to be acknowledged locally, but in Nueva Ecea court junked his petition.
01:16Thus, the case reached the High Court.
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