On the occasion of Women's Month, the House of Representatives gave its final approval to the bill that will allow married women to retain their maiden surname.
The House measure seeking to allow married women to keep their maiden surnames after marriage gets approved on third and final reading.
Passed on third and final reading was House Bill No.4605, or the proposed Act providing for the right of married women to retain their maiden surnames, amending for the purpose Article 370 of Republic Act No.386, as amended, otherwise known as the New Civil Code of the Philippines. “It is not enough that our jurisprudence says that a married woman has an option, but not a duty, to use the surname of the husband. It is important that we institutionalize that they can decide to retain both their maiden name and surname,” the Leyte 1st district representative added.
Under the current version of Article 370 of Title XIII, Book III of the RA No.386, as amended, a married woman has three options: use her maiden first name and surname and add her husband's surname; use her maiden first name and her husband's surname; or use her husband's full name then prefix a word indicating that she is his wife, such as "Mrs.".
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