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Manalo, a Filipino citizen, filed and obtained a divorce decree against her Japanese husband from a Japanese court. She then filed to have the divorce recognized in the Philippines. The trial court denied the petition, but the Court of Appeals overturned this decision. The Supreme Court then ruled the following: 1. Paragraph 2 of Article 26 of the Family Code does not specify that the alien spouse must be the one to initiate divorce proceedings abroad. 2. Whether the Filipino spouse initiates divorce pro

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JJ Valero

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