Ma. Ma. Carmin Carmina a Calde Calderon ron,, petit petition ioner er v. Jose Jose Antoni Antonio o Ro Roxas xas and Court Court of Appeals, respondents G.R. No. 185595, January 9, 2013 Nature: Petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 Topic: Peron, !u""ort "endente lite Facts: Petitioner #a. $ar%inia $. $alderon and "rivate re"ondent Joe &ntonio '. Ro(a, were %arried on )ece%*er 4, 1985 and t+eir union "roduced four c+ildren. n January 1-, 1998, "etitioner led an &%ended $o%"laint for t+e declaration of nullity of t+eir %arria/e on t+e /round of "yc+olo/ical inca"acity under &rt. 3- of t+e 'a%ily $ode of t+e P+ili""ine. +e trial court iued an rder /rantin/ /rantin/ "etitioner a""lication for u""ort "endente lite. re"ondent led a #otion to Reduce Reduce !u""ort. +e trial court rendered rendered it )ecii )eciion on declar declarin/ in/ null null and void void t+e %arria %arria/e, /e, awar awardin din/ / t+e cutod cutody y of t+e t+e "artie %inor c+ildren to t+eir %ot+er, orderin/ t+e re"ondent Joe &ntonio Ro(a to "rovi "rovide de u""o u""ort rt to t+e c+ild c+ildre ren, n, and di dio olvi lvin/ n/ t+e co%%u co%%unit nity y "ro"e "ro"erty rty or conu/al conu/al "artner "artner+i" +i" "ro"ert "ro"erty y of t+e "artie. "artie. Petitio Petitioner ner t+rou/+ t+rou/+ counel counel led a Notice of &""eal fro% t+e rder.
Issue: a it a "ro"er "etition to aail t+e order of u""ort "endent lite
Ruling: +e aailed order relative to t+e incident of u""ort "endente lite and u""ort in arrear, a t+e ter% u//et, were iued "endin/ t+e rendition of t+e deciion on t+e %ain action for declaration of nullity of %arria/e, and are t+erefore interlocutory. +ey did not nally di"oe of t+e cae nor did t+ey conit of a nal adudication of t+e %erit of "etitioner clai% a to t+e /round of "yc+olo/ical inca"acity and ot+er incident a c+ild cutody, u""ort and conu/al aet. +e Rule Rule of $ourt $ourt "rovide for t+e "roviional "roviional re%edy re%edy of u""ort u""ort "endente lite lite w+ic+ %ay *e availed of at t+e co%%ence%ent of t+e "ro"er action or "roceedin/, or at any ti%e "rior to t+e ud/%ent or nal order. n #arc+ 4, 2003, t+i $ourt "ro%ul/ "ro%ul/ated ated t+e Rule on Provi Proviiona ionall rder rder w+ic+ w+ic+ +all +all /overn /overn t+e i iuanc uance e of "roviional order durin/ t+e "endency of cae for t+e declaration of nullity of %arria/ %arria/e, e, annul%ent annul%ent of voida*le voida*le %arria/ %arria/e e and le/al le/al e"arati e"aration. on. +ee +ee include include order order for "ou "oual al u""or u""ort, t, c+ild c+ild u""or u""ort, t, c+ild c+ild cutod cutody, y, viita viitatio tion n ri/+t ri/+t,, +old +old de"arture, "rotection and ad%initration of co%%on "ro"erty. Petitio Petitioner ner contend contend t+at t+e $& failed failed to reco/ni reco/nie e t+at t+e interlocu interlocutory tory a"ect of t+e aailed order "ertain only to "rivate re"ondent %otion to reduce u""ort w+ic+ wa /ranted, and to +er own %otion to increae u""ort, w+ic+ wa denied. Proviional re%edie are writ and "rocee availa*le durin/ t+e "endency of t+e action w+ic+ %ay *e reorted to *y a liti/ant to "reerve and "rotect certain ri/+t ri/+t and intere interet t t+erein t+erein "endin/ "endin/ rendition, rendition, and for "ur"oe "ur"oe of t+e ulti%ate ulti%ate e6ect, of a nal ud/%ent in t+e cae. +ey are "roviional "roviional *ecaue t+ey contitute te%"orary %eaure availed of durin/ t+e "endency of t+e action, and t+ey are ancillary *ecaue t+ey are %ere incident in and are de"endent u"on t+e reult of t+e %ain action. +e u*ect order on t+e %atter of u""ort "endente lite are *ut an incident to t+e %ain action for declaration of nullity of %arria/e.
