HB 836

House·20th Congress·Filed Jul 1, 2025

An Act Providing for the Orderly, Transparent, Urgent, and Effective Execution of Actions and Decisions Involving Annulment, Dissolution of Marriage, Legal Separation, Marriage, Birth Registration, Death Registration, and Other Proceedings Affecting the Civil Registry of Local Government Units and the Philippine Statistics Authority, Amending the Family Code of the Philippines (Executive Order No. 209, Series of 1987) and the Family Courts Act of 1997 (Republic Act 8369), Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes

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The bill aims to speed up annulments and related family‑law matters by giving religious decisions immediate legal effect, removing the Solicitor General’s role, creating a special appeals unit in the Public Attorney’s Office, setting 180‑day case deadlines, and computerizing civil‑registry services nationwide.

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Kristine Alexie B. TutorReceipts →

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