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Carmen Caniza represented by Amparo Evangelista vs. Court of Appeals

The Incompetent, CARMEN CANIZA, represented by her legal guardian, AMPARO EVANGELISTA, Petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS (SPECIAL FIRST DIVISION), PEDRO ESTRADA and his wife, LEONORA ESTRADA, respondents.

G.R. No. 110427 | 1997-02-24

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 


NARVASA, C.J.: 

On November 20, 1989, being then ninety-four (94) years of age, Carmen Cañiza, a spinster, a retired pharmacist, and former professor of the College of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the University of the Philippines, was declared incompetent by judgment 1 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 107, 2 in a guardianship proceeding instituted by her niece, Amparo A. Evangelista. 3 She was so adjudged because of her advanced age and physical infirmities which included cataracts in both eyes and senile dementia. Amparo A. Evangelista was appointed legal guardian of her person and...