14/07/2026
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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ #4
๐: ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐, ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐, ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐. ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ ๐'๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ญ. ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐'๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐, ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ. ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ? ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง.
๐: ๐๐จ.
Under the Notarial Rules, the fact that the signatory is personally known to the notary public may excuse him only of presenting his competent evidence of identity. Personal appearance is still an absolute requirement.
Here, A cannot notarize the Contract of Lease since the personal appearance requirement is not met.
Thus, A was incorrect.
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09/07/2026
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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ #๐
๐: ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ. ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ, ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค.
๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ?
๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง.
๐: ๐๐จ.
In ABS-CBN v. Magno, the Supreme Court ruled that the abandonment is incompatible with the filing of a case for constructive dismissal. For there to be abandonment, there must be a ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง to sever the employer-employee relationship, which is absent in constructive dismissal when the employee had ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ข๐๐ but to forego continued employment due to unbearable circumstances.
Here, the filing of Maria of an illegal dismissal case negated the presence of ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง to sever the employer-employee relationship.
Thus, ABC Corporation may not validly claim that Maria abandoned her employment.
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03/07/2026
The (SC) has ruled that a husband and wifeโs mutual desire to end their marriage, by itself, is not enough to prove collusion in a petition for declaration of nullity of marriage. A lack of objection is not the same as collusion.
In a Decision written by Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh, the SCโs Third Division ruled that there was no collusion between the spouses in a petition to declare their marriage void. โCollusionโ means that the spouses secretly agreed to fake or misrepresent facts in order to nullify their marriage.
The SC voided the marriage due to the husbandโs psychological incapacity.
The wife filed the petition before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) alleging that her husband was unable to fulfill his marital duties because of continued physical, psychological, and economic abuse, which she said began even before their marriage.
When the husband did not file his answer to the petition, the RTC directed the Provincial Prosecutor to investigate possible collusion between the spouses. The Associate Provincial Prosecutor reported that there was no collusion.
During trial, the wife presented several witnesses while the husband presented none. He also did not oppose the petition.
Despite this, the RTC dismissed the case, ruling that the evidence did not sufficiently prove psychological incapacity.
The RTC pointed out that the husbandโs father admitted discussing his testimony with his son, and that the husband was willing to have the marriage dissolved.
Explaining that collusion is a secret agreement to defraud or obtain something illegal, the SC noted that although the RTC observed suspicious circumstances, these did not clearly prove that the spouses conspired to fake grounds to nullify their marriage.
The SC emphasized that a mutual desire to end the marriage does not automatically mean collusion. A spouseโs agreement or lack of objection is not the same as a secret scheme to mislead the court.
Without proof that the spouses faked evidence or suppressed valid defenses, collusion cannot be established.
It added that the husbandโs failure to file an answer or present evidence does not, by itself, prove collusion.
Read the full text of the Press Release at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=168319.
Read the full text of the Decision at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=165664.
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01/07/2026
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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ #๐
๐: ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐. ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ, ๐โ๐ฌ ๐๐จ-๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ, ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ.
๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ? ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง.
๐: ๐๐จ.
In the case of Mesina v. Heirs of Fian, the Supreme Court held that the exclusion of the indispensable parties does not amount to a failure to state the cause of action, because the inclusion of the indispensable party is not an essential element of a cause of action. Consequently, the infirmity is properly a non-joinder of an indispensable party. Moreover, the Rules of Court provides that non-joinder of an indispensable party is not a ground for dismissal.
Here, the fact that the co-heirs were not impleaded constitutes non-joinder of indispensable parties and not failure to state the cause of action. Thus, the defendant is incorrect since non-joinder of indispensable parties is not a ground for dismissal.
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In the Bar Examinations, the examiner does not always directly test a single rule or provision. More often, the examinee is challenged to distinguish between two related concepts governed by different provisions of the Rules, especially if they are made an issue in a case decided by the Supreme Court.
Thus, identifying the issue is itself part of the examination. The issue presented in a Bar question is not always a given. It must first be discerned from the facts before the correct rule can be applied.
Here, the issue is not only whether dismissal is proper, but also whether the ground for the dismissal is correct. To correctly answer the former, the examinee must first be firm as to the latter.
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23/06/2026
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๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ #๐: (๐๐๐๐ ๐) โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๏ธ
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ค ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐?
Rule 38 (Petition for Relief from Judgment) is one of the most important post-judgment remedies frequently tested in the bar exam. It has unique peculiarities โ from FAME grounds to strict deadlines and affidavit requirements โ that distinguish it from other remedies.
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ presents it in one consolidated Codal Dissection & Doctrine Mapping in the following diagram.
This side-by-side presentation helps candidates master the technical requirements and procedural nuances for stronger recall and application during the bar exam.
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22/06/2026
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๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ #๐: (๐๐๐๐ ๐๐) โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ โ๏ธ
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ โ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐๐?
Distinguishing these four types of jurisdictions is a fundamental yet frequently tested area in Remedial Law. The rules are spread across substantive and procedural law, with specific exceptions and nuances that many candidates struggle to recall under pressure.
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ presents them in one consolidated Doctrine Mapping.
The matrix clearly shows:
โฃ Jurisdiction over Subject Matter (governed by substantive law, including special rules under RA 9700)
โฃ Jurisdiction over the Person (procedural law, voluntary or coercive process)
โฃ Jurisdiction over Res or Property in Litigation (actual/constructive seizure or provision of law)
โฃ Jurisdiction over Issues (allegations, agreement, or waiver)
This side-by-side presentation helps candidates master the sources, acquisition, and distinctions for stronger recall during the bar exam.
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22/06/2026
ARE YOU READY for the next subject to be highlighted in our KEYS IN FOCUS post series? In the coming days, we will tackle one of the most technical and voluminous subjects in the Bar Exam โ LABOR LAW!
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Labor Law is full of critical distinctions in classification, computation, and procedural requirements. A single misapplied rule or overlooked exception can completely change the outcome of your answer.
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