What is the effect of divorce obtained abroad by an alien from his or her Filipino spouse?
Where a Filipino is married to a foreigner and the latter thereafter obtains a valid divorce abroad capacitating him or her to remarry the Filipino spouse shall likewise have the capacity to remarry under Phil. Law (Art. 26, Family Code)., However, a divorce obtained by a Filipino against a Filipino spouse is ineffective since Philippine laws does not recognize divorce.
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