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Wolfgang Roehr vs Maria Carmen Rodriguez, Hon J Guevara-Salonga, Presiding Judge of Makati RTC, Br 149

WOLFGANG O. ROEHR, petitioner, vs. MARIA CARMEN D. RODRIGUEZ, HON. JUDGE JOSEFINA GUEVARA-SALONGA, Presiding Judge of Makati RTC, Branch 149, respondents.

G.R. No. 142820 | 2003-06-20

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

At the core of the present controversy are issues of (a) grave abuse of discretion allegedly committed by public respondent and (b) lack of jurisdiction of the regional trial court, in matters that spring from a divorce decree obtained abroad by petitioner.

In this special civil action for certiorari, petitioner assails (a) the order[1] dated September 30, 1999 of public respondent Judge Josefina Guevara-Salonga, Presiding Judge of Makati Regional Trial Court,[2] Branch 149, in Civil Case No. 96-1389 for declaration of nullity of marriage, and (b) the order[3] dated March 31, 2000 denying his motion for...