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I am an Australian citizen retired in Manila. My Filipina ex-wife is also an Australian citizen with dual citizenship (Filipino/Australian), currently in Australia, but expected to return next year. Divorce in Australia is granted on a No Fault/No Blame basis and the ex-wife signed consent. No children or property claims were involved so no untoward animosity between us.
Question: If each of us goes to the Australian Embassy for a Certificate of Non-Impediment and marries another partner in a different province from the original recorded marriage, what can happen? Obviously neither party is going to file bigamy charges against the other, and RA 9262 will not be invoked.
Since the Philippines does not have a centralised computer database recording all marriages, and the new marriages will be permitted by the respective Certificates of Non-Impediment does this present a backdoor method to flaunt Philippine law?
Question: If each of us goes to the Australian Embassy for a Certificate of Non-Impediment and marries another partner in a different province from the original recorded marriage, what can happen? Obviously neither party is going to file bigamy charges against the other, and RA 9262 will not be invoked.
Since the Philippines does not have a centralised computer database recording all marriages, and the new marriages will be permitted by the respective Certificates of Non-Impediment does this present a backdoor method to flaunt Philippine law?
