Article 97
RA 386 · Civil Code of the Philippines
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A petition for legal separation may be filed: (1) For adultery on the part of the wife and for concubinage on the part of the husband as defined in the Penal Code.
Official text — RA 386
A petition for legal separation may be filed:
(1) For adultery on the part of the wife and for concubinage on the part of the husband as defined in the Penal Code; or
(2) An attempt by one spouse against the life of the other. (n)
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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