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ELENA ZARATE-BUSTAMANTE and LEONORA SAVET CATABIAN vs. ATTY. FLORENTINO G. LIBATIQUE

ELENA ZARATE-BUSTAMANTE and LEONORA SAVET CATABIAN, complainants, vs. ATTY. FLORENTINO G. LIBATIQUE, respondent.

A.C. No. 4990 | 2001-09-26

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Before us is a complaint for disbarment filed by Elena Zarate-Bustamante and Leonora Savet-Catabian against Atty. Florentino G. Libatique, received by the Office of the Bar Confidant on December 14, 1998. Complainants allege that respondent, as their counsel, neglected to inform them of the status of a case for partition they had earlier filed, which resulted to the loss of their share in the property subject of partition.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

Elena Zarate-Bustamante, Felicitas Zarate-Savet, and Florencio Zarate were children of Casimiro and Trinidad Zarate.[1] The spouses Zarate owned a...