When we think about marriage, we think of old married couples that seems to us as forever. We know that marriage is a very big part in our life. According to De Lucia (n.
d), Marriage is a personal, physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual bond between one man and one woman. It is a bond that is created by God. The couple takes public vows and oaths and will live a life as one. Marriage is a process in which two people make their relationship permanently until death. But what if you are not happy with your loved one anymore? Will you still keep on doing things with him/her even if it is not enjoyable after all? Divorce also known as dissolution of marriage is the answer of unhappy couples to free themselves to each other but it is prohibited by the law in the Philippines.Dissolution of marriage or Divorce is a formal ending of marriage.
It is a permanent separation of couple(Vocabulary Dictionary,n.d). A couple that is unhappy with each other, file a divorce to dissolve their marriage contract. The decision is made mainly because of Infidelity, money, lack of communication, lack of intimacy, lack of equality, constant arguing, weight gain, not being prepared for marriage, and abuse (Warren, 2018). According to Hundley and Santos (2015), Philippines is the last country in the world where the divorce is illegal. It is the last holdout of staunchly catholic countries that denies divorce to the majority of its citizens. Philippine laws only allow unhappy married couples to end their union through a legal separation or civil annulment. Legal separation does not allow either party to remarry while annulment is very expensive.
(Santos, 2018) Annulment is different from divorce. Annulment is a legal decree that a marriage is null and void. Annulments are granted when a court makes a finding that marriage is invalid. While a divorce ends a legally valid marriage, an annulment treats the marriage as if it never existed (Justia, 2018).
