The House of Representatives approved on second reading last Tuesday night a bill that will do away with the long and costly judicial process of marriage annulment. A third and final approval by the House is usually just a formality. Under the bill, a marriage annulment duly approved by the Catholic Church or any other religious group will have the same effect as a civil annulment, making the legal process unnecessary, according to Leyte Rep. Yedda Kittilstvedt-Romualdez. House Bill 6779 provides that whenever a marriage – duly and legally solemnized by a priest, minister, rabbi or presiding elder of any church or religious sect in the Philippines – is subsequently annulled or dissolved in a final judgment or decree in accordance with the canons or precepts of the church or religious sect, the annulment or dissolution shall have the same effect as a decree of annulment or dissolution issued by a competent court. http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/01/25/1781128/house-oks-easier-marriage-annulment
I indeed. So civil ceremonies arent applicable in this case and i did wonder about the churches cooperation in this.
