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Hontiveros files 'no-fault' divorce bill amid church objection

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Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Senator Risa Hontiveros  ABS-CBN News/file" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/08/11/20200302-senate-hearing-pastillas-immigration-gc-3313.jpg"/><figcaption>Senator Risa Hontiveros during a Senate hearing. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE) </strong>— Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday defended her proposed divorce bill amid the call of the Catholic Church to just amend the laws on annulment and legal separation.</p><p>According to Hontiveros, the “Dissolution of Marriage Act” bill aims to provide a divorcee a clean start, and remarry without any legal hitches.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/11/22/padilla-says-push-for-divorce-law-to-protect-families">&#x27;Everybody deserves a second chance&#x27;: Robin Padilla defends push for divorce law</a></li></ul><p>“Ang unique dito sa Dissolution of Marriage bill ay hindi kailangang sisihin ang isang partner na psychologically incapable from the start. Hindi kailangang siraan siya… at kung umibig muli, gustong magtaya muli sa relasyon o even sakramento ng kasal, kung papayagan ng isang simbahan, ay pwedeng mag-asawa muli ang mga tao. Buuin muli ang kanilang pamilya,” the senator said.</p><p>Hontiveros said her bill can be called “a no-fault divorce.”</p><p>&quot;It’s a no-fault divorce bill. Walang krimen na required na gaganapin. It will not require one spouse to say the other has psychological incapacity, it will not destroy the couple. Hindi niya iinvalidate yung simula ng kasal,&quot; she told ANC&#x27;s Headstart on Thursday.</p><p>(It’s a no-fault divorce bill. There&#x27;s no crime required. It will not require one spouse to say the other has psychological incapacity, it will not destroy the couple. It will not invalidate the beginning of the marriage.)</p><p>Under Hontiveros&#x27; bill, the issue of homosexuality will not be cited as a ground to dissolve the marriage to avoid any discrimination.</p><div><strong>Hontiveros’ measure pushes for divorce under the following grounds:</strong></div><ul>	<li>Five years of continuous separation</li>	<li>Commission of rape by the respondent-spouse against the petitioner-spouse</li>	<li>Physical violence</li>	<li>Final decree of absolute divorce validly obtained in foreign jurisdiction</li>	<li>Irreconcilable differences</li></ul><p>In the 18th Congress, Hontiveros’ same bill was able to reach the plenary level, but failed to push through due to lack of numbers.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/07/11/22/3-bersiyon-ng-divorce-bill-inihain-sa-senado">3 senador naghain ng kaniya-kaniyang bersiyon ng divorce bill</a></li></ul><p>Aside from Hontiveros, senators Robin Padilla and Raffy Tulfo also filed their own versions of the divorce bill.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2122858" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Hontiveros files 'no-fault' divorce bill amid church objection

Sherrie Ann Torres,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 12, 2022 06:07 PM PHT

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Updated July 14, 2022 10:56 AM PHT

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