Practice question
A legal-separation case remains pending when the spouses duly reconcile and file the required joint sworn manifestation. An official says termination is impossible merely because trial already began. Which is correct?
- Trial commencement automatically bars reconciliation forever.
- Only cases never docketed can be terminated.
- Reconciliation necessarily changes the case to annulment.
- Article 66 addresses termination at whatever stage while pending.
- The spouses must remarry before the case can end.
Legal references
- Family Code Articles36,65-67,79-80,86 and134-138: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html
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