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Saturday, February 25, 2017

Lawyers admit, Annulment in the Philippines is very expensive

Getting married is expensive in the Philippines, as well as getting out of marriage.  Aside from costly process, annulment of marriage is also a physically and mentally exhausting according to Business Mirror lawyer Marjorie de Castro.  She said, if you are a petitioner in an annulment case, it will take a lot of your time as well as your resources.

Getting married is expensive in the Philippines, as well as getting out of marriage.

Aside from costly process, annulment of marriage is also a physically and mentally exhausting according to Business Mirror lawyer Marjorie de Castro.

She said, if you are a petitioner in an annulment case, it will take a lot of your time as well as your resources.



A petitioner is a person who makes a formal application to a court for a writ, judicial action in a lawsuit.

“The first step, of course, is to consult a lawyer if a married person is thinking of having his or her marriage annulled,”

Some lawyers charge their client per hour, while others offer a package which includes attorney’s fees, appearance fees, and other legal fees, de Castro noted.



Business mirror quoted, renowned family lawyer Lorna Kapunan who said, some psychologists would charge as much as P120,000, which include examination and court appearance.

Kapunan was quoted as saying that single practitioner lawyers would charge at least P100,000 package fee for annulment, while those with law firms usually charge per hour of appearance.




After consultation, petitioner of annulment cases needed to come up with a detailed narration of his or married life and the circumstances that pushed him to seek dissolution of the marriage.

“Nire-require ko ’yung client to submit a detailed narration para madaling ma-determine ’yung mga points that needed clarification,”

Once the detailed narration is submitted, de Castro said she would refer the petition to a psychologist for assessment.



The psychologist would interview the petitioner, as well as the respondent, to establish whether the ground of psychological incapacity exists.

The findings of the psychologist would form part of the evidence of the petitioner.


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Once the petition is filed before the court, the respondent will be given 15 days from service of summons to answer, based on Supreme Court AM 02-11-10 or the “Rule on Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Void Marriages and Annulment of Voidable Marriages,”

If the respondent fails to file an answer, the court shall not declare him or her in default.
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The court then will order the public prosecutor to investigate whether collusion exists between the parties.

Within one month, the public prosecutor is required to submit a report to the court stating whether the parties are in collusion. If the public prosecutor finds that collusion exists, the court will set the report for hearing and, if convinced that the parties are in collusion, the petition will be dismissed.

However, if the public prosecutor reports that no collusion exists, the court shall set the case for pre-trial, it was highlighted.

The court may reportedly require a social worker to conduct a case study and submit the corresponding report at least three days before the pretrial.

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At the pretrial, the court would determine whether the parties are willing to enter into agreements, their respective claims disputed factual and legal issues, as well as all the evidence to be presented, including the expert opinion, if any.

At the pretrial, the court may also refer the issues to a mediator who shall assist the parties in reaching an agreement on matters not prohibited by law. The mediator is mandated to come up with a report within one month from referral.

After which, a trial may ensue if no agreement is reached by the parties.

De Castro added that the entire process of annulling a marriage may go beyond one year depending on many factors, such as the availability of the judge, parties, the counsels, and other unforeseen events.

Indeed, getting out of marriage is a tedious process that is why when you are married, do everything to save it.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's why Philippines needs divorce law instead of annulment. The annulment law favors lawyers and judges in making more money out of their clients as their cow milk! Make a law that will be simple and inexpensive to get out of a problem marriage for the poor and the rich as well. Corruption is too much already here in the Philippines. Let's have a break from corruption.

Anonymous said...

We are known all over the world having baby without daddy because 99% can't afford for annulment.

Anonymous said...

Filipinos are known from having kids from another man coz the first marriage failed and cannot afford annulment. So instead of getting married again they just lived in together

Anonymous said...

pinagkakaperahan lang nman ng mga atty. yang annulment na yan.yang mga batas nayan eh ang mga atty. lang ang yumayaman.220 yan putang inang batas yan sa pinas.ang alam lang pagkaperahan ay yung mga inosenteng mga mamamayan.shitttttttttttttttt.tang inang batas yan sa pinas.

Anonymous said...

President duterte sana magawan mo ng paraan maayos na paghihiwalay ang mag asawang d n mgkasundo ng walang Malaking perang involve

Anonymous said...

Grabe nag-abogado sila para lang mang-utak sa mga taong walang alam sa batas. Sobrang mahal ng singil! Hirap n nga kalooban mo pati bulsa mo hirap pa. Dapat kung ayaw nila ng divorce gawan ng paraan yan mapadali at mapamura.. Yung mga Attorney na ginagawang business ang Pagtulong dapat tinatanggalan ng lisensya yan. Mga makasarili kaya di umuunlad PILIPINAS kasi mga nasa GOBYERNO mukhang KURAKOT samahan mo pa ng mga mapanlamang na LAWYER at PATI PSYCHOLOGIST! tsk

Joy said...

Sa totoo lng mhirap ung ng pa annulled ka at na dismissed lng ang kaso.sarap sakalin ung atorney laki na ng pera nagastos haisst!nka walang gana gusto kona sumoko.:(