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Legalizing Divorce in the Philippines

Divorce should be legalized in the Philippines to help people in failed and abusive marriages. Currently, annulment is the only option but it has many flaws and does not cover cases of spousal abuse or infidelity. Legalizing divorce would allow people to legally end marriages that are no longer working and prevent suffering through violence that may harm children. It would give those in failed marriages a chance to find a partner they do not have to endure abuse with.

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Legalizing Divorce in the Philippines

Divorce should be legalized in the Philippines to help people in failed and abusive marriages. Currently, annulment is the only option but it has many flaws and does not cover cases of spousal abuse or infidelity. Legalizing divorce would allow people to legally end marriages that are no longer working and prevent suffering through violence that may harm children. It would give those in failed marriages a chance to find a partner they do not have to endure abuse with.

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DIVORCE IN THE PHILIPPINES

Marriage is a sworn fidelity, a solemn covenant between a man and a woman, entered into
before God, whereby He joins them in a life-long companionship of love for and commitment to
each other. It is regarded as the sacred union thus it must be cherished and valued with love. But
what if one day the love that a couple once shared together fades away? What if the love
becomes weak and unstable as time passes by? What if everything changes and a person started
to live a life full of misery? What if that once a happy marriage turns to something abusive?
Should we just take this for granted? Should we just let one person be trapped to an abusive
kind of marriage?

One great solution for this is DIVORCE.

Many of us are against this concept. But, in my view, divorce should be legalized in the
Philippines. Believe it or not, present situation demands it. Reality tells us that there are many
failed, unhappy marriages across the nation. Reality tells us that not all marriages succeed as
permanent union.

Oxford Dictionaries defines divorce as “the legal dissolution of marriage by a court of competent
body”. In layman’s term, this is when both man and wife decide to “split-up” and go about their
own lives separately by completely disregarding their marriage legally through a lawyer.

Yes, we already have annulment and legal separation here in the Philippines but these system is
nothing but flawed – allowing only separation for such grounds that makes the marriage void, in
the first place. Meaning, this only considers those cases of psychological incapacity, impotence,
marriages between collateral blood relatives, incestuous marriage, mistaken identity and
minority. However, spouse abuse and infidelity are not grounds for annulment of marriage. This
does not answer the rampantly occurring cases of violence and infidelity that leaves woman
rather helpless.

If we legalize divorce in our country, people with failed marriages will be given a chance and
freedom to choose the right one for them so they will not suffer from a marriage that is not
working anymore. It would be best for a couple to part ways rather than to live together under
one roof and sin through violence that may affect and traumatize their innocent children.

Legalizing divorce can save many individuals from bad relationships.

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