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Clara Salazar, Et Al. vs. Filemon Q. Ortizano

CLARA SALAZAR, ESTER ORTIZANO, ET AL., petitioners-appellants, vs. FILEMON Q. ORTIZANO, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-20480 | 1966-04-29

D E C I S I O N 


BENGZON, J.P., J.: 

In November 1926 Filemon Ortizano and Clara Salazar got married before the Justice of the Peace of the municipality of Butuan, 1 province of Agusan. They were thereafter blessed with five children, namely, Ester, Godofredo, Marianito, Filemon and Salvatore. 

On November 1, 1960 Clara Salazar together with her children Ester Ortizano, Godofredo and Marianito Ortizano, and one Luz Racaza, as petitioners, sued Filemon Ortizano in the Court of First Instance of Agusan, for support; for custody of the minor children Filemon and Salvatore, both surnamed Ortizano - then 13 and 10 years old,...