Divorce
The following tables show some of the causes for divorce together with the payments, if any, due and to whom they are due.
17. Divorce because of necessity.—This is always achieved by mutual agreement.
| Cause | Fine | Paid to | |
| 1. | A bad omen of the bile sac of the animalsacrificed at the mommon, imbango,hingot, or bubun feasts (see[sec. 17]) | None | |
| 2. | A bad omen of the bile sac at any of the threeprincipal rice feasts of either family during the year following theperformance of the bubun ceremony (see [sec. 7]) | None |
It is considered that only ill fortune could come of a marriage which gave even a single ill omen in any of these cases. It is not permitted to provide another pig and consult the omen again in any of these feasts. But in all subsequent feasts this may be done, and does not lead to divorce. Divorce is unavoidable if the above occurs, and neither party would dream of opposing it.
18. Divorce for mutual benefit.—Childlessness is the cause. Divorce under these circumstances is considered a mutual benefit. It may be achieved by mutual consent or may be demanded by either party without liability for indemnity.
| Cause | Fine | Paid to | |
| 1. | Continuous dying of offspring | None | |
| 2. | Childlessness for a period of two or three yearsafter marriage | None |
It is considered that the gods of animal fertility look with permanent disapproval on the union. This is not without some show of reason, since spouses who have lived together for a goodly number of years on separation and remarriage with other persons have each had children. Ifugao experience in this matter would indicate that there is such a matter as biologic incompatibility.
19. Divorce which may be demanded by either party.—Cruelty and incompatibility are the causes. The divorce may be by mutual consent or may be demanded by the injured.
| Cause | Fine | Paid to | |
| 1. | Neglect of one spouse by the other in time ofsickness; the failure to “cherish” | Hudhud (see below) | The injured |
| 2. | Ill treatment of one of the spouses by the nearkin of the other; insulting language by a father- or mother-in-law | In some cases hudhud | Divorcer |
| 3. | Unwillingness of either party to have sexualintercourse with the other, and continued resistance to it, when thereis the ability to perform the sexual act | Hudhud | Divorcer |
| 4. | The lessening of the fields of one of the spouseswhich it was agreed in the contract of marriage would be his, withoutthe consent of the kin of the other spouse | Hudhud | Divorcer |
| 5. | Permanent inability to perform the sexualact | None | |
| 6. | Insanity | None | |
| 7. | Failure on the part of one spouse or his familyin any of the obligations heretofore mentioned (see [sec.13]) | Hudhud (not always paid) | Divorcer |
| 8. | Commission of crime by one spouse against amember of the other spouse’s family | Hudhud | Divorcer |
| 9. | Refusal of one family to furnish the pigsnecessary to complete the ceremonials; in case the spouses are related,the refusal or continued neglect of one family to produce a pig for theponga (see [sec. 11]) | None | |
| 10. | The selling of a rice field for insufficientreasons by one spouse without the consent of the other (see [sec. 14]) | Hudhud (also see [sec. 21]) | Divorcer |
| 11. | Continued refusal of the father of either of thespouses to deliver the fields called for in the contract when thecouple has reached a reasonable age (see [sec.10]) | Hudhud | Divorcer |
| 12. | Continued laziness or shiftless conduct on thepart of one of the spouses | Usually none | |
| 13. | The incurring of many debts or other obligations;the squandering of family resources | Hudhud | Divorcer |
| 14. | Unreasonable or insane jealousy | None |