This is a re-post as requested by some personal friends from Manila and Quezon City.
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I am for the legalization of divorce.
But NOT JUST \a simple divorce, wherein only basic grounds like totally irreconcilable differences and the couple having been legally separated first are among the major requirements.
I/’m not totally aware of the provisions of the proposed divorce law but these are my personal suggestions:
Apart from a THOROUGHLY EQUAL partition of the conjugal assets, the husband must have at least 15 percent more of the total value IN CASH to be given to the wife before the divorce is granted.
This is to ensure that the wife, and the kids, WON’T START FROM ZERO in their new life.
The man will be required to REGULARLY INFORM the ex-wife on EVERY EMPLOYMENT or BUSINESS he goes into, including the COMPLETE ADDRESSES of his office and new home, once the divorce is granted.
The family will be UNCONDITIONALLY entitled to a minimum of 15 percent of the man’s TOTAL EARNINGS, until ALL THE KIDS finish college.
In case of sudden death or incapacity of the ex-wife to collect the child support, arrangements will be made between the eldest child and the man for the transmittal of the funds.
The arrangement will be prepared by a lawyer for the kids and duly notarized for legality and protection of the children’s welfare.
In case the man claims unemployment or loss of income, a thorough investigation will be first conducted by court-designated probers before amendments to the child support are initiated.
If iit turns out that the man is LYING and is just trying to avoid child support, the penalty will be imprisonment and seizure of ALL of his assets at that time or 50 percent of it if he already has a new family by then.
Both the man and the woman WILL NOTY BE ALLOWED TO RE-MARRY for the next three years after the divorce is granted.
This is to further ensure that they will devote all the time they have in preparing the kids emotionally, psychologically and financially for the new life that they will face following the separation of their parents.
Lastly, to minimize the possible baby boom and rise in the number of broken families that will most likely follow, divorce will only be granted TWICE to anyone. NO EXCEPTIONS WHATSOEVER.
I’ll appreciate further insights from you, boys and girls. 30
Our Philippine Constitution (Art. XV, Sec. 2) and the Family Code (Art. 1) expressly characterize marriage as the foundation of the family and an inviolable social institution, a special contract of a permanent union between a man and a woman, inviolable, permanent. Divorce is out of question, unless we change our charter for the purpose of accomodating what the whole world (except us and the Vatican City) have accepted and practiced.
ReplyDeleteResearch on the impact of Divorce found out negative effects especially on children. Do you think this will not happen in our country too if we allow Divorce? Are we not going to add more problems to our already problematic nation just for the sake of allowing e unhappy or unsatisfied” married couples to marry again? Is the happiness of the parents a priority over that of the children? Research says the following:
Children whose parents have divorced are increasingly the victims of abuse. They exhibit more health, behavioral, and emotional problems, are involved more frequently in and drug abuse, and have higher rates of suicide.
Children of divorced parents perform more poorly in reading, spelling, and math. They also are more likely to repeat a grade and to have higher drop-out rates and lower rates of college graduation.
Families with children that were not poor before the divorce see their income drop as much as 50 percent. Almost 50 percent of the parents with children that are going through a divorce move into poverty after the divorce.
Religious worship, which has been linked to better health, longer marriages, and better Family life, drops after the parents divorce. (http://www.worldandi.com/specialreport/divorce/divorce.html)
Divorce was allowed in the Bible, so marriage gone severely wrong is NOT inviolate.... HOWEVER, the arrangement MUST BE agreed upon by THE COUPLE and NO INTERFERENCE BY MAN. This is Biblical, The Pope does not follow this concept, he has chosen MANS rules which invariably brings his church into immoral situations, as God says it (non-obeisance of God's ways) does.. In Australia for EXAMPLE, the annulment is requested by the party involved no lawyers allowed. (saves money) ... The FAMILY LAW ACT administered by the FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA just has a hearing of the 2 married couple and ask if they are still sure (after 1 year + 1 day) that they want legal annulment, and if the answer on any side is YES, then the legal REGISTRATION is granted, and a certificate is issued. CHILDREN and all ASSETS are decided in another section with a REGISTRAR first, to come to a voluntary and legitimate agreement under law. However, if anyone HIDES assets or pertinent facts, then the LAW may deal with it properly. Children are protected by the CHILD WELFARE ACT in matters of SEPARATION and ANNULMENT and all care and support must be 50/50, unless the other is broke with no income (Then the Government supplies basic needs for the children). ALL ASSETS owned by the other spouse BEFORE marriage is decided by a gradual attainment over 15 years of HALF of that estate, there is NOTHING in the FIRST YEAR (obviously to stop convenient marriages by greedy individuals) and 1/15 of 1/2 per year attainment until 15 years fulfilled.
ReplyDeleteI DON'T KNOW OF ANY COUNTRY THAT HAS SUCH FAIR RULES, THAT FIT INTO BIBLICAL RATIONALIZATION. CORRECT ME IF YOU KNOW OTHERS.