REPUBLI C OFTHE HE PHI LI PPI NES NATI ONALCAPI TALJUDI CI ALREGI ON REGI ONALTRI ALCOURT BRANCH _ _ _ _ CI TYOFMA MANI LA
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PETI TI ON COMES NOW pet i t i one r ,t hr ough t heunder si gned c ounse land t o t hi sHono r abl eCo ur t ,r e s pe c t f ul l yal l e g es : 1.Thatpet i t i onerJani ce Al bert o Ar ceo i s ofl egalage,marri ed, Fi l i pi noandr esi dentof1473G.MasangkaySt . ,St aCr uz,Mani l a; 2. That r es pondent Rhoi el and Ar ce oi sl i kewi se of l eg al age, marr i ed,Fi l i pi noand pr esent l yres i di ngat1473 G.MasangkaySt . ,St a Cr uz,Mani l a; 3.Thatpet i t i onerand r espondentcel ebrat ed t hei r marr i age on Dec em mb ber28,2003 bef or et he Par i sh Chur c h ofSan Agus t i n,Mani l a, cer t i fied t r ue copy oft hei rMa Marr i age Cer t i ficat ei s at t ached and made i nt e g r a lpar the r e ofasAnne x“ A” ; 4.Thatpet i t i onerand r espondenthavet wochi l d. Theyhaveno wr i t t en agr eementexec ut edbe f or et hemar r i aget ogov e r nt hei rpr oper t y r el at i ons nor hav e any c om mm muni t y pr oper t y acq ui r ed dur i ng t hei r marr i age.Theyhavenodebt s; 5.Thatpet i t i onermett her espondentsome met i mei n 1998i n Ci t yof Mani l a. Thei rr om ma ancecul mi nat edi nama marr i agebef or et hepri estofSan Agus t i nc hur c h; 1
6.Thati n ashortspan oft i met heyhad beent oget her ,t hi si st he t i mewhi ch t hepet i t i onerdescri besasa per i od wher et here spondent ’ s i ns t abi l i t y ,ps y c hol og i c aloro t he r wi s e ,s ho we dup; 7. That ot her i nst ance s, wher ei n such i ns t abi l i t y coul d be r e as onabl yi nf e r r e dar easf ol l o ws : a. Af t ert hei rmar r i age ,t her es pondentgav euphi sj obatF.D. Roque& Associ at esasAssi st antManagerwi t houtj ust i fiabl er eason; b. That pe t i t i oner t r i ed t oe xpl ai n t o hi m t hat i t was hi s r esponsi bi l i t yt osupportherbutr espondentwoul di gnor eandshoutat her ,maki ngt hepet i t i onert hebr eadwi nneroft hef ami l y; c.
Thatt her espondenti sac ompul s i v egambl er ;
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Hei sawomani z e r ;
e. He r esor t s t o dr ug and al cohol abuse dur i ng t hei r c ohabi t at i o n; f . Thatt her espondentdoesnotwantt ohaveachi l d wi t ht he pet i t i onerbecauseaccordi ngt ohi mi twi l lj ustcausebur denf orhi m; g. Thatpar t i eswoul dfightev enf ort hes mal l es tt hi ngst hr ough notdue t ot he f aul toft he pet i t i oner ,and f r equent l y ,t he r espondent woul dal waysapol ogi z et ot hepe t i t i one r ,butl at eron,hewi l lr epeathi s quar r el someandt r oubl es omeway s; h.Hepr ef er st ohangoutwi t hf r i endsandwi t h herfli ngsi nst ead ofbe i ngwi t hpe t i t i one r ; 8. That duri ng t hei r honeymoon per i od, t hi ngs wer e r unni ng smoo t hl y bet ween t hem,butnoton t he succeedi ng we ek,when t he r e s ponde nt ’ si ns t abi l i t yst ar t e dt omani f e s tc l e ar l yt ot hepe t i t i one r .The i r r el at i onshi pl ast edsomet i mei n2003; 9. Thatsomeo t hermani f es t at i onsoft hepsy chol ogi calandemot i onal di st ur bancesont hepartoft her espondentcanbeci t edasf ol l ows: a. Thatt her ewer emanyt i meswhent her esponde ntnev erev en ki sse dt hepet i t i oner . Respondentwoul d notev en l ook atherwhenev er t heyspokewi t heachot her . Shewasal wayst heone,whohol dsorhugs hi m sot hatt he y maybec omecl ose rt o eac h ot herbutev er yt i meshe t r i est obecl osert ohi m,hesi mpl yhad t oal wayst ur n hi sback t oher . Thi si scausi ngsomuc hunbear abl eemo t i onalandps yc hol ogi c alpai non 2
t hepar toft hepe t i t i one r ; b. Thatpe t i t i one rt ol dt her espondentt hatt he yshoul ddi sc us s whatwentwr ong be t wee nt hem and hopef ul l yt he y coul d wor ki tout ag ai n.Thepe t i t i one rv e r bal i z e dal lo ft het hi ng ss hehadno t i c e dandf e l t , knowi ng t hat e v e r yt hi ng wor ks out when t her e i s an ope n communi cat i on. Shet ol d hi m aboutt hel ack ofpass i on,r es pec tand r omancei nt hei rr el at i onshi p.Ther espondentj usti gnoredherpl eas; c. Thatr es pondentbegan hur t i ngt hepe t i t i onerphys i cal l yby t hr owi ngt hi ngsonherandshovi ngherar ound; d. Thatr e spondentdi d nots t op gambl i ng and usi ng al cohol anddr ugs; e. Ther es pondentabandonedt hepet i t i onerandl ef tt obewi t h anot herwoman. Si nceMay 2003,t he r es pondentdi d notr e t ur n nor t r i ed t o communi cat e wi t ht he pet i t i oner . The pet i t i oner on sev er al i ns t anc e s ,t r i e dt or e a c ht her e s po nde ntt hr o ug hhi sr e l at i v e sandf r i e nds butt onoav ai l . 10. Thatt hepet i t i oneral r eadygaveupon t her espondentaf t ert ryi ng t ogi veal lhereffort sj ustt osavehermarr i aget oamanwho,asshowni n t he f ore goi ng, i s not cogni t i ve t o and psychol ogi cal l yi ncapabl e of pe r f o r mi ng ,hi sbas i cmar i t alc o v e nant st ohe r e i npe t i t i o ne r ; 11. That f ur t her ,r es pondent ’ s psyc hol ogi cal i ncapaci t y f r om al l i ndi cat i ons appear st o hav e been mani f es t i ng at t he t i me of t he cel ebr at i on ofmarr i age. Al t hough sai d mani f est at i ons wer e nott hen per ce i v ed, t he r oot cause shal l be pr ov ed t o suc h an ext ent t hat r es pondentc oul d nothav e known t he obl i gat i ons he was t of ul fil lor knowi ng t hem coul d nothav e val i dl y per f or med t hem. I ti s ofsuch i ncapaci t yt hatr espondentwasunabl et oassumehi smari t alobl i gat i ons; 12. That t he r espondent ’ si ncapaci t yt of ul fil lhi s ess ent i almari t al obl i gat i ons appeart o be gr ave,i ncur abl e and deepl yi ngr ai ned,t hus; war r ant i ngt hei ssuanc eoft heDe cr eeofNul l i t yofpe t i t i oner ’ smar r i age wi t ht her es pondent ; 13. Thatfinal l y ,t hepet i t i onerhast her ef or enoot herr ecour sebutt o s e ekj udi c i alr e l i e f . Thepr os pe c t sorpos s i bi l i t yo fr e s po nde ntt or e f or m andas s umehi se s se nt i almar i t alo bl i g at i onsi sar e mo t epos s i bi l i t y ,i fno t ahopel esse xpect ancy .
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WHEREFORE, af t er t r i al ,i ti s r espect f ul l y pr aye d t hat t hi s Honor abl eCour tr ender edj udgment : 1. Dec l ar i ng t hemar r i ageent e r ed i nt o by t hepart i esasNULL andVOI D ont hegr oundofpsychol ogi cali ncapaci t yoft her espondent ; 2. Or der i ngt heLocalCi vi lRegi st r arand t heNat i onalSt at i st i cs Office t o cance li nt hei rr es pec t i ve Books ofMarr i ages ,t he marr i age be t weent hepe t i t i one randt her espondent . Pe t i t i o ne rpr a y sf o rs uc ho t he rr e l i e fs hema ybee nt i t l e dt oi nt he pr emi ses . Ci t yofMani l a,January22,2016.
CARI NO,CAMBRIAND ASSOCI ATELAW OFFI CES By: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ At t y .Edwar dCar i no Commi ss i onSer i alNo.14344 Unt i lDec ember31,2016 Rol lofAt t orney34555 I BP.No. 2222/Januar y1,2005/Mani l a P. T. R.No.2223/January1,2016 Rol lNo.2256
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I ,Jani c e Al be r t o Ar c e o,ofl e g alag e,Fi l i pi no c i t i z e n,r e s i de ntof 1473G.MasangkaySt . ,St aCr uz,Mani l a,af t erhavi ngbeenswornt oi n accor dancewi t hl aw,deposeandsay: 1.ThatIam t hepe t i t i o ne ri nt heabo v e e nt i t l e dc as e ; 2.ThatIc aus e dt hepr e par at i o nandfil i ngoft hef o r e g oi ngPe t i t i o n; 3. Thatal lt heal l egat i onst her ei n ar et rueandcorr ectofmyown knowl edgeandbasedon aut hent i cr ecor ds; 4.That Iher eby cer t i f y under oat ht hat Ihave nother et of ore commencedanyot heract i on orpr oceedi ngi nvol vi ngt hesamei ssuesi n t heSupre meCour t ,Cour tofAppeal soranyot hert r i bunalorage ncy , and t hat t ot he bes t ofmy knowl edge ,t her ei s no ot her act i on or pr oce edi ng, whi ch i s pendi ng bef or et hi s Honor abl e Cour t ,Cour tof Appeal s,Supr emeCour torany ot he rt r i bunaloragency i nv ol vi ng t he samepart i esand t hesamei ssues, and t hati fIl earn her eaf t ert hat 5
t her ear eot herpr oceedi ngs pendi ngbef oret hi sHonorabl eCour t ,orany ot hert ri bunal oragency ,Iher ebyundert aket or eportt hatf actwi t hi n five( 5)dayst her ef r om t ot hi sHonorabl eCourt . Mani l a,Phi l i ppi nes,January22,2016.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Jani ceAl bert oAr ceo Affiant SUBSCRI BED AND SWORN t obe f or emet hi s22 dayofJanuar y , 2016atMani l a. Affiantexhi bi t edt omeherFi l i pi noPassportNo.12532 i ssuedatMani l a. At t y .Edwar dCari no Commi ss i onSer i alNo.14344 Unt i lDec ember31,2016 Rol lofAt t orney34555 I BP.No. 2222/Januar y1,2005/Mani l a P. T. R.No.2223/January1,2016 Rol lNo.2256 Do c.No ._ _ _ _ _ ; PageNo.___ __; BookNo.__ __ _; Ser i esof2016.
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