在菲律宾家庭法(Philippines family law)里,只要达成以下其中之一的条件,并能充分举证,你便可以写请愿书去申请合法分居。
重复性的家暴(repeated physical abuse from partner)
强迫伴侣更换宗教信仰或政党倾向(coercion to change religious or political affiliation)
接收贿赂或让孩童参与卖淫(attempt of respondent to corrupt petitioner or their child to engage in prostitution)
宣判入狱超过五年(sentenced to jail for more than five years)
毒瘾(drug addiction of spouse)
蕾丝边或同性恋(lesbianism or homosexuality)
重复结婚(bigamous marriage)
性无能或性变态(sexual infidelity or perversion)
伴侣无故失踪超过一年(attempt against the life of spouse and abandonment without justifiable cause for more than a year)
由于笔者认为「合法分居」,应该无法解决到大部份人所面临到的问题,所以就不多加详述了。
第一步:确认资格;
首先,你得确认自己符合资格。以下有几个条件,符合其一便可申请婚约取消。
缺乏双亲许可(lack of parental consent (if either party is at least 18 but below 21 years old))
心理障碍(psychological incapacity)
诈婚(fraud)
逼婚、迫婚(consent for marriage obtained by force, intimidation, or undue influence)
性无能,身体障碍导致婚姻无法顺利(impotence / physical incapability of consummating the marriage)
严重性病(serious sexually transmitted disease)