G.R. No. L-56340 – 122 SCRA 885 – Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – Settlement of Estate – Probate Court; Jurisdiction – General Rule: Probate Courts cannot resolve issues of ownership Alvaro Pastor, Sr. died in June 1966. In October 1966, his wife died. Pastor Sr. had three children. […]
Monthly Archives: March 2023
G.R. No. L-39532 – 91 SCRA 540 – Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – Settlement of Estate – Jurisdiction of Probate Court – General Rule: Probate court cannot rule on issue of ownership; Exclusion of Property from Estate is an Interlocutory Order; Estates of deceased spouses may be settled […]
G.R. No. 167975 – 760 Phil. 625 – 758 SCRA 659 – Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – Settlement of Estate of Deceased Persons – Jurisdiction of Probate Court – Probate court, as a rule, cannot rule on issues of ownership In 1997, Spouses Ernesto and Gilda Jardeleza filed […]
G.R. No. 240199 – 851 Phil. 1143 – Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – Settlement of Estate of Deceased Persons – General Principles – When does successional rights commence?Civil Law – Succession – Start of Successional Rights In 1986, Amanda Burgos executed a will whereby she devised a property […]
A.M No. 06-7-414-RTC – 562 Phil. 597 – Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – General Principles – Special Proceedings Cases are Non-Adversarial – Rule 108 cases may be summary or adversarial; Need of publication; RA 9048 is not meant to be applied in judicial proceedings In 2005, an audit […]
G.R. No. 209527 – 826 Phil. 88 – Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – Rule 108 – Correction of Entries – Rule 108 vs Rule 103 – Rule 108 covers both minor and substantial corrections In 2009, Virgel Tipay petitioned before the court for the correction of entries in […]
G.R. No. 196049 – 700 SCRA 69 – Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – Proving a Fact – Matter of proving foreign law is covered by special proceedings Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Dissolution of Marriage – Petition for Annulment – Divorce Obtained Abroad – Who […]
A.C. No. 561 – 19 SCRA 815 – Legal Ethics – Disbarment – Moral Turpitude; Estafa Atty. Isidro Vinzon and his wife were convicted of estafa. The Solicitor General received information of Vinzon’s conviction and he initiated a disbarment case against Vinzon. Vinzon averred that the estafa case does […]