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Magdalena T. Arciga vs. Segundino D. Maniwang

MAGDALENA T. ARCIGA, complainant, vs. SEGUNDINO D. MANIWANG, respondent.

A.C. No. 1608 | 1981-08-14

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

Magdalena T. Arciga in her complaint of February 24, 1976 asked for the disbarment of lawyer Segundino D. Maniwang (admitted to the Bar in 1975) on the ground of grossly immoral conduct because he refused to fulfill his promise of marriage to her. Their illicit relationship resulted in the birth on September 4, 1973 of their child, Michael Dino Maniwang.

Magdalena and Segundino got acquainted sometime in October, 1970 at Cebu City. Magdalena was then a medical technology student in the Cebu Institute of Medicine while Segundino was a law student in the San Jose Recoletos College. They became sweethearts but...