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Romeo Gumba vs. Juvenile & Domestic Rel. Court of Camarines Sur, et al.

ROMEO N. GUMBA, petitioner, vs. JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT OF CAMARINES SUR AND THE CITIES OF NAGA and IRIGA and HAIDE B. VISTA-GUMBA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-54097 | 1981-09-30

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

The spouses Romeo N. Gumba and Haide B. Vista, both lawyers, were married in 1968. They lived with Haide's parents in Naga City. Some months after the marriage, Romeo left Haide and lived in Canaman, Camarines Sur with his concubine, Josefina Ballena, and their two children. Haide was then pregnant. On August 19, 1969, she gave birth to a baby girl who was named Romy Fay.

In 1972, Haide sued Romeo for support. The Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur, Naga City Branch II, in a decision dated February 14, 1974, ordered Romeo to pay Haide "in advance every month" seventy-five pesos for the support of their...