legality of marriage

good morning po... i married my husband in a catholic ceremony last 1998 ...we have 2 kids... then year 2007 nag work sya sa abu dhabi ... july 2007 nakikipag hiwalay na sia ... i learned na may other woman na sya at ng malaman nila na alam ko na ang relationships nila and i have proof nagpakasal sila sa muslim rites dito sa Cavite ..... when i learned na nagpakasal sila i ask the nso of my husbands cenomar at ang andun eh yun kasal pa din namin at wla ng iba .... he told me na fake daw yun muslim wedding nila pero ang sabi naman ng wife nya bago eh it was signed and authentic at yun ang ginagamit niya dun visa sa abu dhabi eh family status under my husband's working visa ... gusto ko lng po malaman kung legal and binding po dito sa atin ang marriage nila o dun lang po sa abu dhabi.. kasi po sya ang naka declare na asawa dun sa abu dhabi sa contract ng husband ko at sa passport nia na dun nia kinuha sa abu dhabi ...pero as of this time eh nag hiwalay na din po ang 2 .... thank you so much po ..hope you can help me understand the legality of my marriage ..

I think he is still your legal husband if that is your question .

Did THEY marry in Cavite?
If so, I suppouse they got documents somehow, which let them marry in the Philippines.
Is HE muslim? Muslim Filipinos have some less hard laws than catholic Filipinos, so some Filipinos even convert to get divorce/annulment aproved in the Philippines.

IF he DIVORCED you ABROAD, that can be legal ABROAD, but it DON'T make it legal in the PHILLIPINES. (Except in some cases, when BOTH want divorce.)

If you are both muslims then the law for muslims on marriage will apply but if one of you is not, the Family Code will apply and bigamous marriage is prohibited under the Family Code.

Hindi po ako muslim ... nun magpakasal din po km eh hindi sya muslim ... nun maghiwlay lng po kami at sa kagustuhan nila maging legal sila sa kinaroroonan nila eh nag muslim sila pareho ... at dito nga sa cavite sila ikinasal ... d2 po ba eh legal sila mag asawa ...

I don't think so because the Family Code prohibits bigamous marriage. The second contracted marriage is a bigamous marriage even if he is already a muslim now. To have the Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines apply you must be both muslim