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Maceda vs. Macatangay

SONIA MACEDA ALIAS SONIALITA MACEDA AND GEMMA MACEDA-MACATANGAY, Petitioners, vs. ENCARNACION DE GUZMAN VDA. DE MACATANGAY, Respondent.

G.R. No. 164947 | 2006-01-31

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
CARPIO MORALES, J.: 
 
Petitioner Sonia Maceda (Sonia) and Bonifacio Macatangay (Macatangay) contracted marriage on July 26, 1964.[1] The union bore one child, petitioner Gemma Macatangay (Gemma), on March 27, 1965.[2] 
 
The couple separated not long after the marriage. 
 
In 1967, the couple executed a Kasunduan[3] whereby they agreed to live separately. 
 
Macatangay soon lived with Carmen Jaraza (Carmen). 
 
After the death on December 7, 1998 of Macatangay who was a member of the Social Security System (SSS) or on December 14, 1998, his common-law...