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Cononizado, Bernarda vs. Regina Ordonez-Benitez

BERNARDA CONONIZADO, complainant, vs. HON. REGINA ORDONEZ-BENITEZ, JDRC, Manila, respondent.

A.M. No. 1970-JDRC | 1981-07-09

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

This is an administrative case charging Judge Regina Ordoñez-Benitez of abuse of discretion and refusal to perform her duty as judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Manila, in Civil Case No. 29211.

The verified complaint, dated July 20, 1978, against the respondent judge states that the previous judge of the court ordered on July 14, 1976, the issuance of a writ of execution in the above-numbered civil case and that on April 15, 1977, complainant filed with the respondent a motion for the issuance of an Alias Writ of Execution. What happened thereafter is a tale of delay as narrated in the words...