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Aranes vs. Judge Occiano

MERCEDITA MATA ARAÑES, petitioner, vs. JUDGE SALVADOR M. OCCIANO, respondent.

A.M. No. MTJ-02-1390 | 2002-04-11

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Petitioner Mercedita Mata Arañes charges respondent judge with Gross Ignorance of the Law via a sworn Letter-Complaint dated 23 May 2001. Respondent is the Presiding Judge of the Municipal Trial Court of Balatan, Camarines Sur. Petitioner alleges that on 17 February 2000, respondent judge solemnized her marriage to her late groom Dominador B. Orobia without the requisite marriage license and at Nabua, Camarines Sur which is outside his territorial jurisdiction.

They lived together as husband and wife on the strength of this marriage until...