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John Paul E. Fernandez, Et Al. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

JOHN PAUL E. FERNANDEZ, ET AL., petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and CARLITO S. FERNANDEZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 108366 | 1994-02-16

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

The legal dispute between the parties began when the petitioners filed Civil Case No. Q-45567 for support against the private respondent before the RTC of Quezon City. The complaint was dismissed on December 9, 1986 by Judge Antonio P. Solano, 1 who found that "(t)here is nothing in the material allegations in the complaint that seeks to compel (private respondent) to recognize or acknowledge (petitioners) as his illegitimate children," and that there was no sufficient and competent evidence to prove the petitioners filiation. 2

Petitioners plodded on. On February 19, 1987, they file the case at bench, another...