CONTRACTING ANOTHER MARRIAGE ABROAD WHILE STILL MARRIED IN THE PHILIPPINES: ITS LEGAL CONSEQUENCES

Bigamy; Bigamous marriage; Void marriage; Nationality principle; National Law; Philippine Civil Code; Conflict of Laws; Family Code of the Philippines; Marrying abroad; Legal impediment to marry; Legitime; Legitimes; Intestate succession; testamentary succession; Inheritance; Right to inherit; Right to support; Last will and testament; Filipino citizen; Philippine citizen; Philippine dual citizen; Family rights and duties; Filipino overseas; Filipinos overseas; Overseas Filipinos; Overseas Filipino Workers; Filipino Contract Workers; Overseas Contract Workers; Filipino expats; Filipinos abroad; Naturalized citizen; dual citizenship; dual citizens; Revised Penal Code; Philippine Criminal Law; Territoriality principle of criminal law; Criminal law is territorial; Philippine vlog; Philippine vlogger; Filipino vlog; Filipino vlogger; RA 9262; VAWC Law; AN ACT DEFINING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN, PROVIDING FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR VICTIMS, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; Republic Act No. 9262; Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004; Psychological violence; repeated marital infidelity; C. "Psychological violence" refers to acts or omissions causing or likely to cause mental or emotional suffering of the victim such as but not limited to intimidation, harassment, stalking, damage to property, public ridicule or humiliation, repeated verbal abuse and mental infidelity. It includes causing or allowing the victim to witness the physical, sexual or psychological abuse of a member of the family to which the victim belongs, or to witness pornography in any form or to witness abusive injury to pets or to unlawful or unwanted deprivation of the right to custody and/or visitation of common children.” Under the Family Code of the Philippines: “Art. 26. All marriages solemnized outside the Philippines, in accordance with the laws in force in the country where they were solemnized, and valid there as such, shall also be valid in this country, except those prohibited under Articles 35 (1), (4), (5) and (6), 3637 and 38. (17a) Where a marriage between a Filipino citizen and a foreigner is validly celebrated and a divorce is thereafter validly obtained abroad by the alien spouse capacitating him or her to remarry, the Filipino spouse shall have capacity to remarry under Philippine law. (As amended by Executive Order 227)”