May bisa pa ba kasal pag 6 years na kayong hiwalay? Marriage validity after 6 years

Princess Galang
is in the Philippines

May bisa pa ba ang kasal pag 6 years na kayong hiwalay? Tapos yung kinasama may iba ng asawa at anak?


Translation: Is a marriage still valid, even if the couple have been separated for 6 years? And one of the couple has another husband/wife and child?

 

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Adelaimar C Arias-Jose
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I find it funny that I get so many questions similar to your question. Please note that your marriage vows are till death. So, unless one of you has died, then the marriage continues to exist even if you are no longer living together as husband and wife.
If you want to look at it in another way, your marriage contract does not have an expiry date, does it? So, no matter how long you and your husband have been living apart, your marriage still exists.
Kasi, the existence, subsistence and the validity of a marriage is a legal matter. It cannot be left to the discretion of the parties kung hanggang kailang may bisa ang kasal. Nakuha mo?
Kung ang bisa ng kasal ay nakasalalay doon sa mga ikinasal, eh, di, kung ayaw na nila sa kasal nila, puedeng basta maghiwalay na lang sila -- hindi ganoon, eh. Ang bisa ng kasal ay isang legal na bagay -- tanging ang mga husgado lamang ang puedeng makapag-deklara na wala nang bisa ang kasal. So kahit isang daang taon pa ang paghihiwalay ninyo at di ninyo pagkikitang muli, kung walang deklarasyon mula sa isang husgado na ang kasal ninyo ay walang bisa, kasal pa rin kayo.
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hello po Atty. kami mo magasawa ay ganyan din ang case 11 yrs na kming hnd ngkikita, gusto ko sya mgkita at mkausap pero ayaw nyang mgpakita sa akin. Gusto ko sna pgusapan ang problema at ayusin pero ayaw nya.Ano po ba ang dapat kong gawin? pareho nman kaming nand2 sa Middle east hnd ko lang alam ang address nya. Meron po kaming anak sa Pilipinas at ang mga Magulang nya ang tumitingin.
Atty sna mabigyan nyo ako nang payo hirap na hirap na po ako e! nagbabalak na nga akong umuwi at doon na lng sa pinas mgwork para kasama ko mga bata at least nandoon ako pra sa knila.

Asahan ko po ang inyong payo! Maraming Salamat po

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Adelaimar C Arias-Jose

I am a graduate of the UP College of Law. Member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines since 1995. I am currently involved in private practice in criminal, civil and labor law.
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