Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act
(RA9262)
Section 5. Definition of Terms.
A) Act – refers...
B) Council – refers to...
C) Violence Against Women and Their Children – refers
to any act or a series of acts committed by any person
against a woman who is his wife, former wife, or against
a woman with whom the person has or had a ***ual or
dating relationship, or with whom he has a common child,or against her child whether legitimate or illegitimate,
within or without the family abode, which results in or is
likely to result in physical, ***ual, psychological harm or
suffering, or economic abuse including threats of such
acts, battery, assault, coercion, harassment or arbitrary
deprivation of liberty. It includes, but is not limited to, the
following acts:
C.1.physical violence...
C.2.***ual...
C.3.psychological..
C.4. Economic abuse refers to acts that make or
attempt to make a woman financially dependent
which includes, but is not limited to the following:
C.4.1) withdrawal of financial support or preventing
the victim from engaging in any legitimate
profession, occupation, business or activity,
except in cases wherein the other spouse/
partner objects on valid, serious and moral
grounds as defined in Article 73 of the Family
Code;
C.4.2) deprivation or threat of deprivation of financial
resources and the right to the use and
enjoyment of the conjugal, community or
property owned in common;
C.4.3 ) ...
C.4.4 ) ...
here's the story. A guy friend of mine just got separated, di pa sila annulled, he was suspicious kase baka di nya anak ang baby. balak nyang magpa DNA test. 1 and a half years na since nagkahiwalay for the reason na di sila talga magkasundo,3 yrs old na ang bata. hindi na rin sya nagbibigay ng financial support, kase sabi ng woman di na nya ito kelangan. suddenly, the woman charged him with "failure to give support" based nga sa RA.9262. eto po tanong nya, if di nya nga anak yung bata, obliged pa rin ba syang magbigay ng financial support, based nga sa nakasulat sa taas o mali lang ang pagkaintindi namin? your inputs would be appreciated.