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Teresita O. Zamudio, et al. vs. Jose S. Penas

TERESITA O. ZAMUDIO, complainant, vs. JUDGE JOSE S. PENAS, JR., respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-95-1332 | 1998-02-24

D E C I S I O N

REGALADO, J:

These two administrative matters concern former Judge Jose S. Peñas, Jr. of the Regional Trial Court of Iriga City, Branch 34. Although respondent retired from the service on December 10, 1996, the charges were instituted when he was still the presiding judge of said court. 1

On August 9, 1994, Teresita O. Zamudio filed a complaint in the Office of the Ombudsman alleging that respondent is guilty of neglecting to support her two illegitimate daughters whom he sired several years before he was appointed to the judiciary. 2 The complaint was referred to the Office of the Court Administrator where it was docketed...