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Carmelita Lledo vs Atty Cesar Lledo

CARMELITA L. LLEDO, complainant, vs. ATTY. CESAR V. LLEDO, Branch Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 94, Quezon City, respondent.

A.M. No. P-95-1167 | 1998-12-21

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Court personnel, from the judge to the lowest clerk, are invested with the sacred duty to maintain the good name and standing of the institution they serve. A court employee abdicates that duty when he abandons his family and openly cohabits with his mistress. He aggravates his culpability by falsely representing his paramour to be his lawful wife.

This principle is applied by the Court in resolving the present Administrative Complaint for immorality, abandonment and conduct unbecoming a public official. Filed on February 4, 1994 by Mrs. Carmelita Lledo against her husband, Atty Cesar V. Lledo, branch clerk...