Philippine Laws You Need to Know
Philippine law is nothing like Western law — and what you don't know can land you in jail or lose you everything.
20 videos in this collection, spanning 2020 to 2025.
1. CHILD SUPPORT and CUSTODY (in the Philippines)
Pea sits down with Attorney Gracelynn Bellingham-Bennett, a practicing lawyer and law firm partner in Dumaguete, for a comprehensive Q&A on Philippine child support law.
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2. LAWS FOREIGNERS NEED TO KNOW (Stay Out Of Jail In The Philippines)
Pea brings her attorney friend Gracelynn Bellingham Bennett, a law partner in Dumaguete, into the studio to walk through Philippine laws that foreigners commonly violate or misunderstand.
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3. POLYGAMY VISAS GUNS (LEGAL ISSUES IN THE PHILIPPINES)
Pea sits down with her attorney friend Gracelynn Bellingham-Bennett for a wide-ranging legal Q&A covering COVID travel restrictions, citizenship and naturalization, gun ownership, polygamy, surrogacy, adoption, hotel bill dodging, and healthcare basics.
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4. Protecting Your Assets from Your Partner in the Philippines — Laws You Need To Know
Pea brings in attorney Gracie Bellingham Bennett via Zoom for the first installment of their legal series, covering how Philippine law treats a foreigner's assets in both marriage and cohabitation.
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5. Laws in the Philippines You Need to Know — How to Avoid Trouble in the Philippines
Pea continues her legal discussion series with attorney Gracie Bellingham Bennett of Dumaguete City, covering property leasing loopholes for foreigners, what happens when a Filipina partner dies, how to write a valid will, what to do if you're arrested, the truth about security guards' authority, the age of consent, and a detailed clarification of...
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6. Are You Allowed to Work in the Philippines as a Foreigner? Employment Laws You Need to Know
Pea brings back attorney Gracie from Dumaguete City for a legal Q&A covering what foreigners can and cannot do for work in the Philippines, including YouTube vlogging, accepting donations, and even sending nude photos.
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7. LAWS AFFECTING FOREIGNERS - What The Safe Spaces Law REALLY Is
Pea brings back her personal attorney Gracie to debunk the panic around the Philippine Safe Spaces Law (Republic Act 11313), which some expat YouTubers have called "the end of dating in the Philippines.
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8. WHEN YOUR FILIPINA IS ALREADY MARRIED - Annulments Prenups More
Pea brings back attorney Gracie for a deep legal explainer on annulments, legal separation, prenuptial agreements, and the obscure law about giving handouts to beggars.
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9. Going to Prison in the Philippines — For Adultery (Pea's Mailbag Friday)
Pea answers three viewer emails in this mailbag episode: a man whose engagement triggered a family shakedown and neighborhood gossip campaign, a foreigner being threatened with prison for living with a legally married Filipina, and a guy whose best friend's fiancée played footsie with him under a restaurant table.
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10. AVOID THIS MISTAKE WHEN LIVING WITH A FILIPINA - Legal Talk With Attorney Gracey
Pea brings back Attorney Gracelyn Bellingham Bennett to debunk the persistent myth that a Filipina can claim half a foreigner's assets simply by spending the night.
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11. KNOW THE LAW IN THE PHILIPPINES - Living With A Filipina
Pea continues her legal series with Attorney Gracelyn Bellingham Bennett, this time covering the economic abuse provisions of RA 9262, contested vs. uncontested annulments, adultery and concubinage laws, child support calculations, the status of divorce legislation, and medical marijuana.
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12. Supporting A Filipinas Family Its Actually the LAW
Pea sits down in-person with Attorney Gracey to break down Philippine family support laws, prenuptial agreements, child support gaps, and paternity traps.
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13. These Things Can Get You Blacklisted From The Philippines Lawyer Gracey
Pea brings back Attorney Gracey (Gracin) for a legal Q&A covering four distinct topics: grounds for foreigner blacklisting and deportation, the legality of OnlyFans in the Philippines, hiring private investigators to check on a Filipina, and the line between free speech and criminal liability for foreign vloggers.
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14. Expats Can Hire Filipina Girlfriends As Maids Weird Laws In The Philippines
Pea interviews attorney Dave Batula about a grab bag of Philippine laws that foreigners stumble into — from passport confiscation by hotels and hospitals, to the tactical move of hiring your girlfriend as a domestic worker, to laws allowing you to kill your spouse's lover in the act, to the age of consent and the legality of giving money to...
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15. Expats Need To Know These Strange Laws In The Philippines
Pea brings back attorney Dave Batula for a second interview covering Philippine laws that directly affect foreigners — from nanny cameras and false rape accusations to child custody, divorce recognition, rental disputes, and property rights.
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16. Living With A Filipina Philippines Cohabitation Laws
Pea brings attorney Dave Batula back for a wide-ranging legal episode covering cohabitation law, prostitution, nude photos, audio recording legality, and the "crime of passion" defense in the Philippines.
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17. Is Vlogging FINISHED In The Philippines? The Harsh New Law
Pea launches a new current-events segment covering Philippine news that affects her foreign audience. The headliner is a sweeping privacy regulation from the National Privacy Commission that could cripple travel vlogging in the Philippines, followed by stories on rising Filipino-foreigner marriages, Filipino-American household income, and a...
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18. Can You Go To Jail Just For Arguing With A Filipina
Pea investigates a viral video about a foreigner who spent three years in a Philippine jail for allegedly arguing with his ex-girlfriend. She brings on Attorney Dave Batula to explain the VAWC (Violence Against Women and Children) law, how verbal abuse charges actually work, why bail can be denied, and how the system can be weaponized for...
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19. Is It Illegal To Go Commando In The Philippines
Pea packs a news episode with stories spanning civet poop coffee, Thailand's underwear law versus Filipino freedom, the looming Manila Trench mega-earthquake, Filipino virtual hospital sitters for American patients, the country's first submarines, transparent aluminum invented by Filipino scientists, and why the Philippines ranks as the most...
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20. Foreigner In The Philippines Faces Prison For Cheating
Pea covers a wide-ranging news roundup including China's pregnancy robot, the mysterious mass disappearance of cockfight gamblers, a British man arrested for infidelity, a wave of violent crimes targeting Japanese and Korean tourists in Manila, and the Philippines' devastating school bullying crisis.
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