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ThereisnodivorceinthePhilippines.WiththerecentratificationofdivorceinMalta,thePhilippines andtheVaticanCityremainastheonlystatesintheworldwhichdonotsupportdivorce.The influenceofthechurchisseenasreasonforthecontinuedbanondivorceinthePhilippines.The country is predominantly Christian, with 80% of them Roman Catholics. Until there is divorce in the country, Filipinos are confined to using other remedies to sever their marriages.AmongthoseallowedareDeclarationofNullityofMarriageandAnnulmentofMarriage. Aroundtheglobe,terminationofanexistingmarriageisthepurposeofdivorce.Thepurposeis different with regard to Declaration of Nullity and Annulment of Marriage. In Declaration of Nullity of Marriage, the purpose is to have the marriage declared non-existent from thestartasifnomarriagetookplace.ThegroundsusedforDeclarationofNullityinvolvethe absence of any essential or formal requisite of marriage.
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Annulment of marriage is resorted to in case there is a defect in any of the essential requisites of marriage.Sincethedefectsaresusceptibleofratification,themarriageisconsideredtobevalid until it is declared annulled by the courts. Another remedy available in the Philippines is legal separation, although it is seldom resorted to by coupleswhohavetroubledmarriages.Thisisbecauselegalseparationdoesnotactuallydissolve themarriagebutonlyallowsthecoupletobeseparatefrombedandboard.Beingso,eachofthe parties are not allowed to remarry after they are granted a separation decree.
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