ATTY.

MONICA SALAZAR GERERO

Attorney-At-Law
Cellphone Number: 0921-723-0020
Email Address: gereromonica@gmail.com

Client’s Data Sheet

For Judicial Recognition Petition

Name of Client: ______________________ Address: _______________________

Occupation: ______________
Contact Number: ____________________

A divorce decree secured by a foreigner/a former Filipino abroad capacitating him/her to

remarry may be recognized in the Philippines by filing before the Regional Trial Court of the
place where the marriage was recorded a Petition for Judicial Recognition of the Divorce
Decree.

Once a court decision is obtained recognizing the Divorce Decree, said court order shall be
registered in the Local Civil Registry Office of the place where the marriage was recorded.
After the annotation at the Local Civil Registry Office, the annotated document and other
requirements shall be submitted to the Office of the Civil Registrar General in Manila. This
registration will effectively cancel/nullify the marriage between the Filipino Spouse and the
Foreigner.

Initially, these are the documents you have to prepare for purposes of filing the Petition:

1. Philippine Marriage Certificate

2. Divorce Decree/Order certified by the Clerk of Court
3. Proof of Citizenship
4. Certified copy of the Foreign Country’s Divorce Law
5. Valid ID

The foreign documents will need to be certified by the appropriate foreign office and they will
need to be authenticated (Red Ribboned) by the Department of Foreign Affairs or the
Philippine Embassy in the foreign country.

To be more precise with your case, please answer the following questions:

1) What is the name and nationality of your spouse?

Answer:________________________________

2) When and where was your marriage celebrated?

Answer:________________________________

3) How many children do you have?

Answer:________________________________
 ATTY. MONICA SALAZAR GERERO
Attorney-At-Law
Cellphone Number: 0921-723-0020
Email Address: gereromonica@gmail.com

4) What are the properties you have acquired during your marriage?
Answer:________________________________

5) When did you acquire your foreign citizenship?

Answer:________________________________

6) What is your current citizenship or nationality?

Answer:________________________________

7) When did you file and obtained your divorce decree?

Answer:________________________________

8) What country/state did you file your divorce petition?

Answer:________________________________

9) Does your divorce decree allow you to remarry?

Answer:________________________________

10) What Divorce Law did you/your lawyer apply in your case for divorce?
Answer:________________________________