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Agustin vs Court of Appeals

ARNEL L. AGUSTIN, Petitioner, versus HON. COURT OF APPEALS AND MINOR MARTIN JOSE PROLLAMANTE, REPRESENTED BY HIS MOTHER/GUARDIAN FE ANGELA PROLLAMANTE, Respondents.

G.R. No. 162571 | 2005-06-15

D E C I S I O N 
 
 
CORONA, J.: 
 
At issue in this petition for certiorari [1] is whether or not the Court of Appeals (CA) gravely erred in exercising its discretion, amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction, in issuing a decision[2] and resolution[3] upholding the resolution and order of the trial court,[4] which denied petitioner's motion to dismiss private respondents' complaint for support and directed the parties to submit themselves to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) paternity testing. 
 
Respondents Fe Angela and her son Martin Prollamante sued Martin's alleged biological father, petitioner...