Divorce is illegal in these two countries; what happens when marriages end

Divorce is a legal option in most parts of the world, allowing a married couple to formally end a marriage. But the Philippines and Vatican City are two places often cited as exceptions. The Philippines has no general divorce law for most marriages, while its Muslim Personal Law provides specific forms of divorce. In the Vatican's Catholic canon-law framework, a valid and consummated sacramental marriage cannot be dissolved by human authority except by death, although canon law provides for separation, declarations of nullity and certain other forms of dissolution in specific circumstances. Here is what the official legal sources say.Philippines: No general divorce lawThe Philippines does not have a general divorce law for most married couples. Instead, Philippine family law provides legal routes such as legal separation, annulment and declaration of nullity of marriage. Legal separation, however, does not end the marriage itself.