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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

The Katrina Halili vs. Hayden Kho case: What is a demurrer to evidence? Could Hayden be forced to testify in court?

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The RA 9262 “psychological violence” case filed by Katrina against Hayden was dismissed yesterday by Judge Rodolfo Bonifacio of Branch 159 o...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

From “Jennifer ” to “Jeff ” and from female to male (correction of entries in birth certificate due to intersexuality)

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The Supreme Court in the case of Republic vs. Cagandahan , GR No. 166676, September 12, 2008, upheld the decision of the Regional Trial Cour...
Thursday, December 02, 2010

The ABS-CBN versus Willie Revillame case: What is a TRO?

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(Note: Please read my Salt and Light blog post “ Relationship tips for Shalani and other single men and women ” .) Due to the wide media c...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Legal Procedures 24: Motion to Dismiss

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Note: Please surf to the complete list of available PDFs on legal procedures in criminal and civil cases . [1] A motion to dismiss ...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Quickie marriages under Article 34 of the Family Code: Is the marriage void if the affidavit of marital cohabitation is false?

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Quickie marriages solemnized in some city halls by so-called “ministers” either make use of (a) pre-dated marriage licenses obtained from fr...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Did the Supreme Court order all credit card companies to reduce their interest rate of 3% monthly and penalty fee of 3%?

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Index of topics discussed in this post: Supreme Court ruling: 3% monthly or 36% yearly interest is excessive, unconscionable, and exorbi...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Legal Procedures 23: Default or failure to answer

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Note: Please surf to the complete list of available PDFs on legal procedures in criminal and civil cases . [1] If the defendant fa...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Legal Procedures 22: Filing of complaint and answer in civil cases

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Supreme Court materials on the new system known as “Face-to-Face Trial” A.M. No. 14-03-02-SC, March 8, 2014 that’s meant to ...
Friday, August 06, 2010

Protection Order for abused husbands?

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The Supreme Court has already ruled that the Protection Orders under RA 9262 cannot be used against a woman. The Court has in fact reprim...