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Heirs of Belinda Dahlia A. Castillo, et al. vs. Dolores Lacuata-Gabriel

HEIRS OF BELINDA DAHLIA A. CASTILLO, namely, BENA JEAN, DANIEL, MELCHOR, MICHAEL and DANIBEL, all surnamed CASTILLO, Petitioners, versus DOLORES LACUATA-GABRIEL, Respondent.

G.R. No. 162934 | 2005-11-11

D E C I S I O N 


CALLEJO, SR., J.: 

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 70645, as well as its Resolution[2] denying the motion for reconsideration thereof. 

On January 25, 1989, Crisanta Yanga-Gabriel, wife of Lorenzo B. Almoradie, died in Malabon City, Metro Manila, leaving behind a sizable inheritance consisting mostly of real estate and shares of stock.[3] 

A little over a month after Crisanta's death, her mother, Crisanta Santiago Vda. de Yanga, commenced an intestate proceeding before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malabon City, Branch 72,...