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Florence Teves Macarrubo, et al vs Atty Edmundo Macarrubo

FLORENCE TEVES MACARRUBO, the Minors JURIS ALEXIS T. MACARRUBO and GABRIEL ENRICO T. MACARRUBO as represented by their Mother/Guardian, FLORENCE TEVES MACARRUBO, complainant, vs. ATTY. EDMUNDO L. MACARRUBO, respondent.

A.C. No. 6148 | 2004-02-27

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

Florence Teves Macarrubo (complainant), by herself and on behalf of her two children, filed on June 6, 2000 a verified complaint[1] for disbarment against Atty. Edmundo L. Macarubbo (respondent) with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), docketed as CBD Case No. 00-734-A, alleging that respondent deceived her into marrying him despite his prior subsisting marriage with a certain Helen Esparza.

Detailing the circumstances surrounding respondent's complained act, complainant averred that he started courting her in April 1991, he representing himself as a bachelor; that they eventually contracted marriage...