With the birth of modern

technology such as
cellphone and internets,
courtship is now done in an
extra modern way.
Below is a simple presentation of courtship
in the early and present era
Early times – men will do
Paninilbihan
They do the so-called Harana by
singing a love song
The man courts the girl inside the
house,
The man gives some money for a
token to Bride’s parents as token
Modern times
Send somebody to do it for him
By dating the girl outside the house
with a dinner and watching movies.
The man may court the girl in or
outside the house.
Token is optional
Some ultra modern Filipino
are in favor for the passing
of some laws and
modifications of some
existing laws that govern the
family.
A proposed bill is pending in
the congress, passing of this
bill into law will give legal
basis to same sex marriage
which is a direct violation of
the definition of family
Another that is in question is the
absence of law governing divorce. In
the Philippines, the following terms are
used:

 Annulment
 Legal Separation
Annulment happened when
the court declared a union
or marriage “void ab initio”
or void from the beginning
for the reasons or causes
cited in the Philippine Family
Code.
This code defined and
resolved conflict affecting
the Filipino Family.
This annulment of marriage will
result to the following:

1. The change of civil status of

the parties whose marriage is
annulled, from married to single
 2. The giving of capacity to
either party to re-marry or enter
into a new union
However, following the principle
of “separation of church and the
state” annulment of marriage by
the state will not automatically
result into church annulment as
wel!
Therefore the party may only
annul civilly but not in the
church.
In cases where married
couple who want to seek an
annulment failed to convince
the court, a legal separation
is the cure
This could be an extra
Judicial settlement. Both
parties who are just legally
separated have no right to
re-marry since their prior
marriage is still at force.
Theoretically speaking, there
is no divorce in the
Philippines but in practice,
there could be!