Mas madali bang mag-file ng annulment kapag 17 years ng hiwalay?

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Ang boyfriend ko po ay 17 years ng hiwalay sa asawa nya na kasal sila noon. Tapos yung ex-wife naman po ng bf ko ay meron narin mga kinasama. 2x na po sa iba at may 2 anak na po na dalaga ang ex-wife nya sa iba. Paano po ba pagpa file ng annulment nun? Matagal rin po ba ang proseso ng ganung kaso? Salamat po.

 

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Adelaimar C Arias-Jose
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Naku, ito ay bansang Pilipinas. Dito sa Pilipinas, pinadadaan sa butas ng karayom ang lahat ng gustong magpa-annul ng kasal. So, sa tanong mo, kung mas madali kung sila ay hiwalay na for 17 years -- no, the annulment process does not become easier the longer the time that the legal spouses have been separated. Kasi po, ang marriage contract ay hindi katulad ng delata sa grocery -- ang marriage po ay walang expiry date. Ang marriage po ay "til death us do part" so, kung hindi pa patay ang mga legal spouses, there is no way for them to get their marriage dissolved. That is the general rule.

Liban na lamang, kung may mga grounds kayo (halimbawa, nung sila'y ikinasal, sila'y wala pang 18, sila'y pinilit lamang o binantaan na sasaktan (mortal, ha, papatayin, hind puedeng kukurutin) o kaya'y nilinlang. At kung sila'y nagpakasal noong sila'y wala pang 18, hindi sila nagsama ng matagal. kasi nga, napilitan lamang sila dahil sa takot.

KUng halimbawa baliw ang mga nag-pakasal at hindi nila alam ang kanilang pinapasok -- na pag sila pala ay nagpakasal, kailangan nilang mahalin, arugain at bukod-tanging pagmalasakitan ang kanilang pinakasalan. Kung ang kawalan ng muwang ay dulot ng isang personality disorder (sociopath, o kakulangang sikolohhikal), puede silang mag-pa-annul.

Napaka-higpit, ano?

Ang pinaka-mainam, pumunta kayo sa abogado na makapag-sasabi sa inyo kung kayo ba ay may mga grounds para mag-pa-annul. Kung meron, humanda kayong maglaan ng oras para dito kasi, kailangan kayong sumipot, makilahok at magbigay ng mga kapahayagan upang mapa-paniwala naman ninyo ang huwes na totoo ang lahat ng inyong mga sinasabi.

isa pa, huwag ninyong iboto ang mga Congressman, Senador or Presidente na hindi masusulong ng divorce law. This is the only way we can ever get a reasonable law on divorce in this socially backwards country that has not kept up with the social mores of our times.

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