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  2. Marriage and wedding customs in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    In cases where parental consent or parental advice is needed, marriage law in the Philippines also requires couples to attend a seminar on family planning before the wedding day in order to become responsible for family life and parenthood. The seminar is normally conducted at a city hall or a municipal council.

  3. Anti Mail-Order Spouse Act - Wikipedia

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    Status: Repealed. The Anti Mail-Order Spouse Act, officially designated as Republic Act 10906, is a Philippine law that prohibits the business of organizing or facilitating marriages between Filipinas, colloquially called "mail-order brides", and foreign men. It replaced a 1990 law, the Anti Mail-Order Bride Law, enacted by the Congress of the ...

  4. Civil Code of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Civil law. ( Private law) Status: In force. The Civil Code of the Philippines is the product of the codification of private law in the Philippines. It is the general law that governs family and property relations in the Philippines. It was enacted in 1950, and remains in force to date with some significant amendments. [citation needed]

  5. Recognition of same-sex unions in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines does not legally recognize same-sex unions, either in the form of marriage or civil unions. The Family Code of the Philippines defines only recognizes marriages between "a man and a woman". [1] The 1987 Constitution itself does not mention the legality of same-sex unions or has explicit restrictions on marriage that would bare ...

  6. Family Code of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Family Code covers fields of significant public interest, especially the laws on marriage. The definition and requisites for marriage, along with the grounds for annulment, are found in the Family Code, as is the law on conjugal property relations, rules on establishing filiation, and the governing provisions on support, parental authority ...

  7. Philippine legal codes - Wikipedia

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    18 Jun 1949. The Civil Code governs private law in the Philippines, including obligations and contracts, succession, torts and damages, property. It was enacted in 1950. Book I of the Civil Code, which governed marriage and family law, was supplanted by the Family Code in 1987. [2] Republic Act No. 6657.

  8. Prohibited degree of kinship - Wikipedia

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    Prohibited degree of kinship. In law, a prohibited degree of kinship refers to a degree of consanguinity (blood relatedness), or sometimes affinity (relation by marriage or sexual relationship) between persons that makes sex or marriage between them illegal. An incest taboo between parent and child or two full-blooded siblings is a cultural ...

  9. List of Philippine laws - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF) Act 2018-02-02: 10969: Amending the "National Irrigation Administration Act" or RA 3601: Free Irrigation Service Act 2018-02-07: 10970: Declaring Every August 25 as the National Tech-Voc Day 2018-02-07: 10971: Creating a Barangay: Barangay Poblacion 3 2018-02-22: 10972