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Esperanza De Guzman vs Norma Burce

ESPERANZA L. DE GUZMAN, complainant, vs. NORMA M. BURCE, Clerk of Court III, Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 61, Makati City, respondent.

A.M. No. P-01-1460 | 2002-02-28

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This concerns a letter, dated May 10, 1999, of Mrs. Esperanza L. de Guzman, charging respondent Mrs. Norma M. Burce, Clerk of Court III of the Metropolitan Trial Court, Branch 61, Makati City with dishonesty for failure to pay just debt, conduct unbecoming a government employee and prejudicial to the best interests of the judiciary, and falsification of a provisional receipt for partial payment of her indebtedness.

Complainant is the wife of retired Judge Salvador P. de Guzman, Jr. of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 142, Makati City. It appears that after his retirement on December 6, 1997, Judge de Guzman,...