Only one country other than the Vatican bans divorce – that could be about to change - The Philippines’ Senate is considering ...

Divorce remains illegal in Catholic-majority Philippines, the only place outside the Vatican where it is outlawed, contrary ...

In any case, divorce will not become legal in the Philippines unless the Senate passes a so-called counterpart bill, which the upper house has not even drafted. Legislators have advanced numerous ...

But the tides seem to be shifting in the Southeast Asian nation.Divorce is illegal for most residents of the Philippines, despite a special law that gave the nation's Muslim minority the right to ...

The Absolute Divorce Bill is the product of years of work on the part of representatives seeking to amend the country's notoriously restrictive divorce law.

The Philippines' legislature has taken major steps towards legalizing divorce in the highly Catholic country. The bill would need to be supported by President Rodrigo Duterte, who has stated that ...

Thereafter, he decided to obtain a decree of an absolute divorce in the US. After it was granted, my ex-husband married another woman in the US. May I legally remarry here in the Philippines, even if ...