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Pacete vs. Carriaga, Jr.

ENRICO L. PACETE, CLARITA DE LA CONCEPCION, EMELDA C. PACETE, EVELINA C. PACETE and EDUARDO C. PACETE, petitioners, vs. HON. GLICERIO V. CARRIAGA, JR. and CONCEPCION (CONCHITA) ALANIS PACETE, respondents.

G.R. No. L-53880 | 1994-03-17

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

The issue in this petition for certiorari is whether or not the Court of First Instance (now Regional Trial Court) of Cotabato, Branch I, in Cotabato City, gravely abused its discretion in denying petitioners' motion for extension of time to file their answer in Civil Case No. 2518, in declaring petitioners in default and in rendering its decision of 17 March 1980 which, among other things, decreed the legal separation of petitioner Enrico L. Pacete and private respondent Concepcion Alanis and held to be null and void ab initio the marriage of Enrico L. Pacete to Clarita de la Concepcion.

On 29 October 1979,...