Best Posts in Thread: Permit to cut coconut trees

Yes,2 to 6 yrs of imprisonment plus a fine of 100k to 500k Php. A lot of people got away with it because no one has reported them. Some people do it secretly,thats why they didnt end up in prison. However if you are unlucky, you could really get into trouble

 

WoW! 6 years for cutting a tree - you would think their prisons here would be overcrowded by now. Oh yes, they are.

 

Our land is also Agriculture, but in zoning it is considered a General Residential. So you should find it out,what zoning does it belong. You can ask from the Zoning and Planning department in the municipal hall.

If you just plan to trim your trees,no problem with that, but once you decided to cut any trees including coconut trees for whatever reason, please consider applying a permit. As it is important to secure a permit before cutting the trees (especially the endangered ones like acasia). If you dont get a permit and you cut the trees,somebody could report you to the authority and once found guilty, you could face up to 6 years imprisonment and a fine.

 

No it is not. All should be aware of it. If it would be then consent of the husband resp. wife is needed for the sale. This is not the case with properties. Under the constitution foreigners cannot own land, as such it is not in the "property regime", even if the land was paid, inherited or otherwise come his/her ownership - it will only belong to the Filipino citizen.
(Even the name of the foreign spouse appears somewhere on the title it is meaningless).

Of course there are other ways for foreigners to secure the "value" of the property to a quite high percentage in case of break up or sale etc. (not the ownership - the value), it is never risk free as with any investments.

 

Thru inheritance u will have an equal share of the property with your children if theres any. If no children,and theres the surviving parents of your late wife,then half share will be theirs and half will be yours. U cannot own your share thou but that will give you the power to sell it and take the proceeds

 

Yes, i guess that is right. U can never own the land even thru inheritance but u would have the right to transfer or dispose it and take the proceeds. Ive read ths somewhere. I just didnt interpret it well,until now that i have read your comment. Thanks

 

Im not sure if that applies to all coco trees, as i said earlier, if u cut the tree and nobody reported u to the authority, then you are more likely safe. Getting a permit however gives me peace of mind.

 

Getting instant Filipina status isn't exactly true. I couldn't obtain Filipina status until after I had been a permanent resident (married to a Filipino) for 7 years, if I remember correctly. I was there 6 years, but actually still had a few years to go. Me being listed as a Filipina so early was a fluke.

 

Basically she will write up a Will so that it goes to either partner should one pass away, or to our Daughter in the case we both pass away. She is yet to fully explain to me yet the full details. Initially I told her if things went south then I would simply pick myself up, dust myself off and move on with my life. My Attorney said a BIG NO! NO! She told us that we BOTH need to be protected should the worst case scenario happen. Once we are ready to proceed with the Title (within the year hopefully) then I will learn more.

I was surprised that the Attorney was so adamant that we draw up a Will to protect us both, and not only our Daughter (from any relative with other ideas if she is younger than 18 years of age.) It still boils down to the fact that I will never own the Property despite the Inheritance Laws passing it on to myself (should my Wife pass before I or our Daughter) to which she said she would also draw up a contract involving the Daughter, should she have ideas of evicting me at a later stage should I live that long and her future Husband (or Boyfriend) gets any ideas. Complicated at best! But I have a lot of faith in our Attorney to do the right thing after the help she has been in sorting out the mess we found ourselves in initially. I will let you know how we go when we cross that bridge mate.