PETITION FOR JUDICIAL RECOGNITION OF DIVORCE

BEFORE THE RTC

What to prove?
1. The spouse is a foreign citizen
2. Foreign divorce as a fact and demonstrate its conformity to the foreign
law allowing it.
3. Foreign law must also be proved before our courts.
4. It must also show that the divorce decree allows his former spouse to
remarry as specifically required in art. 26.

Annotation on the effects of divorce declared in a foreign country

A request for copy issuance of COM with annotation on the effects of divorce
abroad resulted to a negative result or COM without annotation.
How to correct
 The divorce decree granted by a foreign country must first be filed for
recognition in the Philippine Regional Trial Court (RTC).
 Once the local court recognized the foreign divorce decree, register it to the
LCRO of the place of jurisdiction of the RTC which granted the petition.
 The next step is to provide the copy of the registered court decree and
certificate of finality to the LCRO where the marriage was registered for the
annotation in the COM.
 Once registered, you may now request for an annotated COM at PSA. The
complete set of documents: registered court decree, certificate of finality,
certificate of registration and the annotated COM is to be forwarded through
courier to PSA for processing. Also hand-carry the set of documents for filing
an application at PSA-Central Outlet, East Avenue.