Annulment

He P42,000 he is surely drank!  if the ground for annulment is psychological incapacity, he will not an expert.  An expert witness is from around P20,000-30,000; This expert is a license psychologist.  He has to file for the petition and by doing so he has to pay for docket fee of almost P5,000.00;  How about his acceptance fee?  How about his appearances in Court?  How about the copying/notarial of all the documents he needs to file in court? The following are the hearings that the presence of the lawyer is required:
1.  Filing of the Petition - raffled - service of notice to the osg,fiscal, clerk of court by the service - 1mo.
2..  Collusion - 1 mo. - if the court is not too busy
3.. Preliminary Conference -1 mo.if the court is not too busy
4. Direct Examination of (4 witnesses) - if he wants to win he needs 3 witnesses - Totality rule plus the expert - 4 witnesses - 4 months
5.. Last Hearing - a chance to the ex-spouse to oppose the annulment - 1 mo.

Total already of 8 months, then you wait for the decision of the judge, he has 3 months to resolve the case based on the Rules of Court; then the Office of the Solicitor General will oppose; then you oppose the opposition;

The above is based on the fact there is no opposition from the spouse.  So 1 year and half it should be finished.  Just a waiting game now.  then when there is a finality of judgement; you take this to the National Statistic Office to correct the Marriage Certificate. (a month at most - unless unless...)

P300,000 too expensive!

Hello, Can i ask where to go to apply for
nullity of marriage? Please i really need soni can have my marriage annuled.

How can I contact her lawyer friend?can u give my email, *** I would be very greatful. Please

all u need to do is consult a lawyer...i have a friend who was separated from her hubby for more than 18 yrs, now she and her bf wants to get married, what we did was we went to the legal office  of one of the the city here in metromanila and asked for advise theirs different advise depending on the situation of marriage, she still need to file annullment in court...my situation is different my ex hubby had a previous marriage prior to our marriage, i just need to file a declaration of nullity , its cheaper than annullment.....by the way we were not asked to pay for the consultation...

- @Bluezy

@MilDoc819 first off the Philippines would not charge bigamy charges filed by your husband unless he had a lot of money, and if he could pay, can he show support for the last 10 years, the court system in the Philippines is not like your first world court  no trial by jury, judges make very little money, they survive by taking bribes, a case would bleed your husband dry, I imagine he has had a partner also

There is no proper legal system in the Philippines, there is always a way if you have money, Judges do not make that much of a salery, so they make up for that in other ways, you wonder how you can be convicted of a crime and never spend a day in jail, owe billions in taxes and walk away, it is the culture of corruption, and the Philippines has moved up 3 places on the chart of most corrupt countries they are 33 out of 100

- @Okieboy

Puddman said:Coach, Okie and Moon Dog have hit the nail on the head, annulments are revenue generators.

From personal experience, they are a grueling process here, a multitude of hearings, multiple psychological interviews of the applicant, postponements, character reviews, etc. All of this is paid by the applicant.

@Cynthiavilla  I am sure you have to take the court decision to the municipality where the marriage is registered. They are the ones to issue orders to PSA for records correction. N SO no longer exists.