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Johanna Sombong vs CA, et al.

JOHANNA SOMBONG, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and MARIETTA NERI ALVIAR, LILIBETH NERI and all persons holding the subject child ARABELA SOMBONG in their custody, respondents.

G.R. No. 111876 | 1996-01-31

HERMOSISIMA, JR., J.:


Every so often two women claim to be the legitimate parent of the same child. One or the other, whether for financial gain or for sheer cupidity, should be an impostor. The court is consequently called upon to decide as to which of them should have the child's lawful custody. This is the very nature of this case. The child herein had considerably grown through the years that this controversy had unbearably lagged. The wisdom of the ages should be of some help, delicate as the case considerably is. The earliest recorded decision on the matter is extant in the Bible, I Kings 3. As it appears, King Solomon in all his...