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Monday, March 01, 2010

Legal lesson from “Panday Kids”

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Last Friday, after several hours of trying and failing to update my Avast 5 engine and virus definitions, and as I sat down to eat dinner, I...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Legal lessons from the Maguindanao massacre (02): bail

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The court is now hearing the petition for bail of principal suspect Datu Unsay. Some of you may be wondering as to why the court is conducti...
Monday, January 18, 2010

Legal lessons from the Maguindanao Massacre (01): arraignment and plea

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This case has generated widespread interest in media and in the public mind. One good thing that may come out of this case is that people wi...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Should the private handwritten instrument in RA 9255 be signed by the father?

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Update as of September 30, 2016: In the 2014 case of “Grace Grande v. Patricio Antonio” G.R. No. 206248, the Supreme Court declared void ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Custody battles over children, the Sean Goldman case, and Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

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I have written several posts on the issue of custody battles over children, namely, (1) Can a mother be deprived of custody of her child? ; ...
Thursday, December 03, 2009

Is the Philippine embassy in Japan violating Article 26 of the Family Code and Supreme Court decisions?

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Update as of April 25, 2018: “SC recognizes divorce in marriage with foreigners” (Rappler) The Supreme Court (SC) en banc issu...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

If a person gets married while the petition for declaration of nullity of the first marriage is ongoing, can he or she be charged with bigamy?

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Please also read the earlier post: Is bigamy committed when a person gets married to another party while his or her petition for annulment ...
Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Legal lessons from GMA 7 telenovela “Ikaw Sana”

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I love watching local and foreign news programs. Last week while waiting for the 6:30 PM newscasts, I got to watch snippets of episodes of G...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Custody battles over children between grandparents and a mother or father

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Summary: 1. In custody battles, the law favors the parents over the grandparents (Santos vs. CA, G.R. No. 113054 March 16, 1995). The ...
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