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Cynthia C. Alaban vs. Court of Appeals 470 SCRA 697

CYNTHIA C. ALABAN, FRANCIS COLLADO, JOSE P. COLLADO, JUDITH PROVIDO, CLARITA PROVIDO,ALFREDO PROVIDO, MANUEL PROVIDO, JR., LORNA DINA E. PROVIDO, SEVERO ARENGA, JR., SERGIO ARENGA, EDUARDO ARENGA, CAROL ARENGA, RUTH BABASA, NORMA HIJASTRO, DOLORES M. FLORES, ANTONIO MARIN, JR., JOSE MARIN, SR., and MATHILDE MARIN, Petitioners, versus COURT OF APPEALS and FRANCISCO H. PROVIDO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 156021 | 2005-09-23

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

Tinga, J.:

This is a petition for review of the Resolutions[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 69221,[2] dismissing petitioners' petition for annulment of judgment. 

On 8 November 2000, respondent Francisco Provido (respondent) filed a petition, docketed as SP Proc. No. 00-135, for the probate of the Last Will and Testament[3] of the late Soledad Provido Elevencionado ("decedent"), who died on 26 October 2000 in Janiuay, Iloilo.[4] Respondent alleged that he was the heir of the decedent and the executor of her will. On 30 May 2001, the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 68, in P.D....