Title V — The Family
Article 151
ELI5— what this means for you
Before any dispute between family members can be brought to court, the parties must first try to settle the matter at the barangay level or through a family council. This is the mandatory 'earnest effort toward compromise' requirement. Skip this step and the court will dismiss your case.
Key point
Family disputes must go through barangay/family mediation first. Court filing without this attempt = dismissal.
Official text — EO 209
No suit between members of the same family shall prosper unless it should appear from the verified complaint or petition that earnest efforts toward a compromise have been made, but that the same have failed. If it is shown that no such efforts were in fact made, the same case must be dismissed.
This rules shall not apply to cases which may not be the subject of compromise under the Civil Code. (222a)
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Source: lawphil.net (EO 209 as amended)
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