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Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Kris Aquino and James Yap cannot adopt Bimby jointly or sequentially; only one of them can adopt Bimby

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Several days ago, Kris Aquino revealed in a Boy Abunda interview that her marriage to James Yap has been declared void by a Quezon City cour...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Senate impeachment rules in Chief Justice Corona’s trial (Plain English / Plain Language revisions)

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What is Plain Language? Related posts: Plain English, Plain Language or Plain Writing for government offices and private companies in...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

Ad cautelam: filing of pleadings and appearing in court to question its jurisdiction or as a precautionary measure

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1. Plain English / Plain Language version of “ad cautelam” Instead of “ad cautelam” or “ex abundanti ad cautelam,” lawyers should simply...
Friday, October 21, 2011

Heirs and inheritance (Part 9): Last will must be probated; Preterition - when a compulsory heir is omitted in a last will

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Legal procedures in the probate of a last will: Rule 75 Production of Will; Allowance...
Friday, October 07, 2011

Heirs and inheritance (Part 8): Do inherited properties belong exclusively to the spouse who inherited them or to both spouses?

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Answer: It depends on what system of property relations governs the spouses, whether absolute community of property (ACP), conjugal partners...
Monday, October 03, 2011

Heirs and inheritance (Part 7): Is property acquired before marriage the exclusive property of each spouse or does it belong to both spouses?

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Question: “I got married in 2001; some people in an online forum told me that properties acquired when I was single and titled in my name a...
Saturday, October 01, 2011

Precautions in buying real estate

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(Note: This post is part of my August 2009 article “ Guidelines and precautions in buying church property ” in another blog. The shortened v...