Title II — Legal Separation

Article 57

EO 209 · Family Code of the Philippines

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The court will not grant legal separation if: (1) the aggrieved spouse consented to the act complained of; (2) the aggrieved spouse condoned the offense (forgave it and resumed cohabitation); (3) both parties gave grounds for legal separation (mutual fault); or (4) the aggrieved spouse connived with the other's misconduct.

Official text — EO 209

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