Category Archives: Legal

DEALING WITH UNREASONABLE TENANTS

Dear Atty. Wong , I’ve come across with your edition in this web and I’m searching for the legal advice in fairness to everyone especially for the one who lives as and works to our 1.5 farm hectares in the province of Batangas. This family lives there for more or less 7 yrs. With out our consent as… Read More »

OUT OF WEDLOCK AND VALIDTY OF MARRIGE

Q. Good Day Atty.! I would like to seek your legal advice regarding a friend of mine who was born out of wedlock. She was born on November 1, 1986. Her parents were married on June 11, 1998.  Unfortunately, in her birth certificate, she carried her father’s name already. Worse is that in her birth certificate, in the… Read More »

MUSLIM MARRIAGE AND BIGAMY

    Good afternoon! I am married to Catholic in the Philippines. Working in in UAE. I have converted to Islam and now a Muslim. And returned to the Philippines and got married again. Can I be charged  by  my first wife of Bigamy ? Thank you very much!   ANS:  From what can be deciphered in your… Read More »

GIVING AND TRANSFERRING OF LAND TO CHILDREN

Q. Hi Atty Wong, Good day. Please advise what is the best way to do when I am planning to give my land to my children given the following conditions: 1. Documents available are transfer certificate of title and deed of absolute sale. 2. The said property was given by my grandparents to me and my brother (deceased)… Read More »

KARAPATANG NG CO-HEIRS SA PAGTIRA NG BAHAY

Q. Good day po Atty. Magtanong lang po ako km po ay 8 magkakapatid pero magkaiba po ang tatay  naming. Ung 6 kong  kapatid sa unang aswa ng nanay ko . Kami 2 sa pangalawa po ung nanay ko po na kasal  sa tatay ko na namaty na po. Itatanong  ko lang po sana kung sino po ba… Read More »

UNFAITHFUL WIFE AND CUSTODY OF CHILDREN

Hi attorney, I’m from Canada. I got married in the Philippines to a Filipina since 2011. We have two daughters, three(3) and two(2) years old respectively. They are in the Philippines with my wife. At first my marriage seems perfect, we did plan to live here in Canada since it has a lot of better opportunities to offer… Read More »

BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF CHILD OF RECONCILED COUPLE

Q. Kindly enlightened me po. This is regarding my 2nd daughter’s birth certificate. It was in 2005 na I had my first child, I was only 19 then. In order for me na hindi ma-kick out from college, both my husband (my boyfriend that time) and my parents decided us to get married. So there is no problem… Read More »

MANA NG AMA SA LUPA

Q. Hello po . Nakitira po kami sa lupa ng lolo at lola ko . Patay npo ang lolo .Ito po ay conjugal property . Nais po ng lola ko na pa alisin kami sa lupa kung saan nanduon aming bahay. Ang papa ko po ang anak ni lola. Pwede po ba kami mapa alis ni lola? Wala… Read More »