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Title VIII — Support

Article 198

EO 209 · Family Code of the Philippines

ELI5— what this means for you

When the person primarily obliged to give support cannot do so or refuses, the court may compel one of the other persons in the support chain (Art. 195) to give the support — and that person can then recover what they paid from the primary obligor.

Official text — EO 209

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