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  RACHO VS TANAKA GR 199515 FACTS: Racho and Seiichi Tanaka were married on April 20, 2001 in Las Piñas City, Metro Manila. They lived together for nine years in Japan and did not have any children. Racho alleged that on December 16, 2009, Tanaka filed for divorce and the divorce was granted. She secured a Divorce Certificate issued by Consul Kenichiro Takayama of the Japanese Consulate in the Philippines and had it authenticated by the DFA. She was informed that by reason of certain administrative changes, she was required to return to the Philippines to report the documents for registration and to file the appropriate case for judicial recognition of divorce. She tried to have the Divorce Certificate registered with the Civil Registry of Manila but was refused since there was no court order recognizing it. When she went to the Department of Foreign Affairs to renew her passport, she was likewise told that she needed the proper court order. She was also informed by the Nat...

G.R. No. 227605, December 5, 2019, IN RE: PETITION FOR JUDICIAL RECOGNITION OF DIVORCE BETWEEN MINURO *  TAKAHASHI AND JULIET RENDORA MORAÑA, JULIET RENDORA MORAÑA, PETITIONER, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT. https://attyrobertdivinagracia.net/a-foreign-decree-of-divorce-may-be-recognized-in-the-philippines-although-it-was-the-filipino-spouse-who-obtained-the-same/ Juliet and Minoru Takahashi were married in Manila in 2002.  After 10 years and the relationship between them having turned sour, the mayor of Fukuyama City granted Juliet and Minoru a Divorce Report. Thus, Juliet filed a petition for recognition of the Divorce Report.  Among the documents offered by the petitioner were the Divorce Report dated May 22, 2012, and the Certificate of All Matters and its English translation.  The RTC however denied her petition.  According to the RTC, Juliet was the one who secured the Divorce Decree, a fact not allowed by Philippine laws; she was not able ...