Text of the provision

Art. 247. The judgment of the court shall be immediately final and executory.

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Family Code of the Philippines, Executive Order No. 209, approved July 6, 1987. The Code took effect on August 3, 1988 (Republic v. Orbecido III, G.R. No. 154380, October 5, 2005). Reproduced in full.

What this article means

This is what makes the proceeding truly summary. The court's judgment is immediately final and executory — there is no ordinary appeal, and it takes effect at once. A spouse cannot stall an authorized transaction by appealing through the usual channels.

The Supreme Court has clarified that "no appeal" does not mean "no review at all": a party alleging grave abuse of discretion may still seek relief by a special civil action (certiorari under Rule 65), the narrow remedy that survives a no-appeal rule.

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Cases interpreting this article

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