If you happen to’re happily married, good for you. Many individuals think that when a pair desires to live aside they must get a “legal separation.” This isn’t true. Typically couples reside aside for awhile earlier than they decide to get a divorce. This isn’t “illegal.” Legal separations are for people who are not looking for a divorce (normally for religious reasons). They nonetheless want a legal paper to settle custody, support, and property questions. The court docket makes the same kinds of choices that it makes in a divorce. However, the couple remains married, and the division of property is not final.
As a result, consultants say, most Filipinos who find themselves in an sad relationship merely move on to the subsequent one. The ladies, of course, are anticipated to cope with the kids. For these girls, the survival mechanism is to search out another man to support her and her children,” mentioned Mary Racelis, a sociologist on the Ateneo de Manila University.
Despite a veneer of spiritual piety, philandering is deeply embedded in Philippine society, from the privileged to the poorest. It’s the machismo factor … and wives are expected not to make a fuss about having mistresses,” mentioned Rep. Emerenciana De Jesus, who is co-sponsoring the divorce invoice. But whereas rich males typically proceed to support their wives and kids for appearances’ sake, poor women typically find themselves abandoned and left to care for their kids on their own. There are laws that require gainfully employed fathers to help their biological children, however they are so not often enforced that most individuals don’t know they exist.