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  2. Judiciary of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The judiciary of the Philippines consists of the Supreme Court, which is established in the Constitution, and three levels of lower courts, which are established through law by the Congress of the Philippines. The Supreme Court has expansive powers, able to overrule political and administrative decisions, and with the ability to craft rules and ...

  3. Family Code of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Family Code covers fields of significant public interest, especially the laws on marriage.The definition and requisites for marriage, along with the grounds for annulment, are found in the Family Code, as is the law on conjugal property relations, rules on establishing filiation, and the governing provisions on support, parental authority, and adoption.

  4. Regional Trial Court - Wikipedia

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    Regional Trial Court; Panrehiyong Hukuman sa Paglilitis: Composition method: Presidential appointment from the short-list submitted by the Judicial and Bar Council: Appeals to: Court of Appeals of the Philippines, Sandiganbayan: Appeals from: Metropolitan trial courts; Municipal trial courts in cities; Municipal trial courts; Municipal circuit ...

  5. Persons and family relations - Wikipedia

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    Persons and family relations mainly deals with the issues of family matters such as marriage, annulment and voiding of marriages, adoption, property settlements between spouses, parental authority, support for spouses and children, emancipation, legitimes (inheritance) of children from their parents and between relatives.

  6. Civil Code of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Code of the Philippines is the product of the codification of private law in the Philippines. It is the general law that governs family and property relations in the Philippines. It was enacted in 1950, and remains in force to date with some significant amendments. [citation needed]

  7. List of Philippine laws - Wikipedia

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    Creating additional Branches of the Regional Trial Court and the Municipal Trial Court 2013-05-22: 10571: Creating an additional Branch of the Regional Trial Court 2013-05-24: 10572: Amending the Family Code of the Philippines or EO 209: Establishing a Liability of the Absolute Community or Conjugal Partnership 2013-05-24: 10573

  8. Katarungang Pambarangay - Wikipedia

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    The system exists to help decongest the regular courts and works mostly as "alternative, community-based mechanism for dispute resolution of conflicts," [1] also described as a "compulsory mediation process at the village level." [3] Throughout the Philippines the Barangay Justice Systems handles thousands of cases a year. [4]

  9. Philippine legal codes - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Code governs private law in the Philippines, including obligations and contracts, succession, torts and damages, property. It was enacted in 1950. Book I of the Civil Code, which governed marriage and family law, was supplanted by the Family Code in 1987. [2] Republic Act No. 6657: Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Code