Title I — Marriage
Article 26
ELI5— what this means for you
A marriage solemnized outside the Philippines in accordance with the laws of the country where it was celebrated is valid in the Philippines — IF it would also be valid under Philippine law. CRITICAL: If a Filipino is married to a foreigner abroad and the foreigner later obtains a valid divorce under their own country's laws, the Filipino spouse is allowed to remarry. This is the only way a divorce can indirectly free a Filipino to remarry.
Key point
Art. 26(2): If your foreign spouse gets a valid foreign divorce, you — the Filipino — may remarry after getting a court recognition of that foreign divorce in the Philippines.
Official text — EO 209
Full article text is being added. Read the official text at officialgazette.gov.ph.
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