EPISODE 109: Marriage on Trial: Psychological Incapacity – Law not Diagnosis

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How has the Supreme Court's interpretation of psychological incapacity evolved over time, and what does this evolution reveal about the Court's continuing effort to balance the protection of marriage with the realities of marital breakdown? Listen to the #SupremeCourtPH Podcast with guest Atty. Ma. Soledad Deriquito-Mawis, Member of the Philippine Judicial Academy Department of Civil Law, and Dean of the College of Law of Lyceum of the Philippines University. Supreme Court Chief Communications Officer Atty. Mike Navallo and Dean Mawis talk about the evolution of the Philippine Supreme Court's interpretation of psychological incapacity within the context of the case of Rosanna L. Tan-Andal v. Mario Victor M. Andal, GR No. 196359. This decision was penned by Senior Associate Justice Marvic M. V. F. Leonen and decided by the Supreme Court En Banc on May 11, 2021.