The Supreme Court En Banc has approved The Rules on Unified Legal Aid Service (ULAS Rules) which mandates covered lawyers to render at least 60 hours of pro bono legal aid every three years in favor of indigent Filipinos, as defined in the ULAS Rules. The ULAS Rules is a product of extensive deliberations and studies made over the course of more than a year… Read More SC Approves The Rules on Unified Legal Aid Service (ULAS Rules)

FACTS: Petitioners are the surviving spouse and the children of Leonardo Ocampo. Leonardo and his siblings, respondents Renato Ocampo and Erlinda Ocampo are the legitimate children and only heirs of  Spouses Vicente and Maxima Ocampo, who died intestate leaving several properties, no will and no debts. Petitioners initiated a petition for intestate proceedings. Respondents filed… Read More Ocampo v. Ocampo G.R. No. 187879, July 5, 2010 Special Administrator, Intestate Proceedings

FACTS: Loreta Gozo bought a house and lot located inside the United States Naval Reservation within the territorial jurisdiction of Olongapo City. She demolished the house and built another one in its place, without a building permit, because she was told by an assistant in the City Mayor’s office, and by her neighbors in the… Read More People v. Gozo G.R. No. L-36409 October 26, 1973 Sovereignty, National Territory

FACTS: Plaintiffs are the parents, brothers and sisters of Lolita Pe. At the time of her disappearance on April 14, 1957, Lolita was 24 years old and unmarried.  Defendant was an adopted son of a Chinaman who is a collateral relative of Lolita’s father. Because of such fact and the similarity in their family name,… Read More Pe v. Pe G.R. No. L-17396, May 30, 1962 Damages, Civil Code

FACTS: Appellant Wilson G. Marcos joined the Armed Forces of the Philippines in 1973. Later on, he was transferred to the Presidential Security Command in Malacañang during the Marcos Regime. Appellee Brenda B. Marcos, on the other hand, joined the Women’s Auxilliary Corps under the Philippine Air Force in 1978. After the EDSA Revolution, both… Read More Marcos v. Marcos G.R. No. 136490 Psychological Incapacity, Declaration of Nullity of Marriage October 19, 2000