Is This Abuse? What the Law Calls It
A lot of what RA 9262 (Anti-VAWC) names as abuse doesn’t look like the word “abuse” from the outside — someone controlling the money, someone stopping you from working, someone humiliating you in front of people. Tick what’s happened to you below. Nothing here decides anything about your situation — it shows you the exact section of the law that names it, in the law’s own words.
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What this is — and what it isn’t
- This is a fixed lookup table, written ahead of time from RA 9262’s own text — not an AI assessment. Nothing you tick is analysed, scored, or sent anywhere; ticking a box just looks up a mapping that was already written.
- This page does not tell you “you are a victim” or “this is abuse.” It tells you: what you described is the conduct named in RA 9262 §X — here is that text. You draw the conclusion.
- It is not a score, not a percentage, not a risk level, and not legal advice.
One exception the law itself carries
RA 9262 §3(D)(1) names “withdrawal of financial support or preventing the victim from engaging in any legitimate profession, occupation, business or activity” as economic abuse — except in the statute’s own words, “in cases wherein the other spouse/partner objects on valid, serious and moral grounds as defined in Article 73 of the Family Code.” That exception is written into the same sentence as the rule, not a separate one — it reappears next to any result below that involves work or support.
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What the law calls this
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- Who can file, and where to go → Protection-order petitions under RA 9262 and RA 7610 — who may file, how long each order lasts, and what happens when an official fails you.
- What each reporting route costs you in exposure → Barangay VAW desk vs. 911 vs. DSWD i-GRS vs. a court petition — who has to appear in person, who can withhold their name.
- Protection Order Expiry Clock → Enter the date your BPO/TPO/PPO was issued and see exactly when it lapses.
- The Absence Index — what the law does NOT give you → Twelve protections people assume exist and don’t, including that reporting carries no good-faith immunity.
This page quotes and paraphrases RA 9262 (Anti-VAWC) §§3 and 5 and stops there. It is educational information, not legal advice, and not a determination about any specific situation. Confirm anything time-sensitive with a lawyer or the office you’re dealing with.
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