Title II — Legal Separation

Article 66

EO 209 · Family Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

ELI5— what this means for you

If the legally separated spouses reconcile, they must file a joint manifestation in court and the legal separation decree is automatically set aside. But their property regime cannot go back to what it was before — it stays as whatever they agree upon after reconciliation, typically complete separation.

Key point

Reconciliation after legal separation is possible, but your property regime doesn't automatically revert.

Official text — EO 209

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