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  • Title: Executive Order No. 209, The Family Code of the Philippines, 6 July 1987.
    Author: Philippines.
    Journal: Annu Rev Popul Law; 1987; 14():397-425. PubMed ID: 12346717.
    Abstract:
    This document contains major provisions of the 1987 Family Code of the Philippines. Title 1 discusses marriage in chapters delineating the requisites of marriage and void and voidable marriages. Title 2 sets forth the grounds and procedures for legal separation. The third title describes the rights and obligations of husbands and wives, and title 4 legislates the property relations between husband and wife in chapters that give general provisions, set forth the laws governing marriage gifts, create a system of absolute community of property between spouses, cover the conjugal partnership of gains, provide for the separation of property of the spouses and administration of common property by one spouse during the marriage, allow for a regime of separation of powers as described in a prenuptial agreement, and dictate the property regime of unions entered into without marriage. Title 5 deals with the family as an institution and contains regulations covering the family home. Title 6 presents the rules governing paternity and filiation, and title 7 creates the parameters for adoption. Title 8 outlines familial support requirements, and title 9 delineates the terms and limits of parental authority and its effect upon the persons and property of children. The final title sets the age of majority at 21 years and provides for additional methods of emancipation (marriage of a minor or registration of an emancipation agreement entered into by a parent of a child at least 18 years old).
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