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PHL-1987-L-71398
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
The Family Code (Executive Order No. 209).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Philippines
Subjects (Classification)
Civil, commercial and family law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1987-07-06
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Regulates marriage (Title I), legal separation (Title II), rights and legal obligations between husband and wife (Title III), property relations between husband and wife (Title IV), the family (Title V), paternity and filiations (Title VI), adoption (Title VII), support (Title VIII), parental authority (Title IX), emancipation and age of majority (Title X) and summary judicial proceedings in the family law (Title XI).
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1989-12-13 (PHL-1989-L-45299)
Act lowering the age of majority from twenty-one to eighteen years amending for the purpose Executive Order No. 209 [Family Code], and for other purposes (No. 6809).
Amending text(s)
1998-02-23 (PHL-1998-L-71400)
Republic Act No. 8533 amending Title I, Chapter 3, Article 39 Of Executive Order No. 209 [Family Code].
Amending text(s)
2004-02-24 (PHL-2004-L-71401)
Republic Act No. 9255 amending Executive Order No. 209 (Family Code).
Amending text(s)
2009-12-20 (PHL-2009-L-83672)
An Act providing for the legitimation of children born to parents below marrying age, amending for the purpose the family code of the Philippines (R.A. 9858).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Code on-line
Author
Philippine Commission on Women
Country
Philippines
URL
http://pcw.gov.ph
File
PHL71398.pdf (PDF of Act)