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AT A GLANCE:
By virtue of Proclamation No. 60, series of 1992, Family Week is celebrated on the last week of September of every year to raise awareness on the importance of the family.
The family, being the foundation of the nation, is a basic social institution which public policy cherishes and protects. (Article 149, Family Code)
Section 12, Article II of the 1987 Constitution provides that “the State recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution.”
Proclamation No. 60, Series of 1992 was issued with the policy of fortifying solidarity in the family and its development. Recognizing the importance of family in nation-building, the Proclamation declared the last week of September every year as Family Week.
The Family Code
In 1987, Executive Order No. 209 or the Family Code of the Philippines has been enacted. Both the 1987 Constitution (Section 1, Article XV) and the Family Code recognizes the family as the foundation of the nation.
The law says:
“The family, being the foundation of the nation, is a basic social institution which public policy cherishes and protects. Consequently, family relations are governed by law and no custom, practice or agreement destructive of the family shall be recognized or given effect.” (Article No. 149, Family Code)
The case of GSIS Family Bank v. BPI Family Bank (G.R. No. 175278, September 23, 2015), the Supreme Court defined the word family in the following manner:
“a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household” or “a group of people related to one another by blood or marriage.”
The Family Code provides that family relations include those (1) between husband and wife; (2) between parents and children; and (3) among brothers and sisters, whether full or half-blood. (Article 150, Family Code)
Furthermore, the Family Code provides that:
“No suit between members of the same family shall prosper unless it should appear from the verified complaint or petition that earnest efforts toward a compromise have been made, but that the same have failed. If it is shown that no such efforts were in fact made, the same case must be dismissed.” (Article 151, Family Code)
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