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Social Security System, et al. Vs. Gloria De Los Santos

SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM and LORELIE B. SOLIDUM, Branch Manager, Cubao Branch, Petitioners, versus GLORIA DE LOS SANTOS, Respondent.

G.R. No. 164790 | 2008-08-29

D E C I S I O N


REYES, R.T., J.:

AN ESTRANGED wife who was not dependent upon her deceased husband for support is not qualified to be his beneficiary.

The principle is applied in this petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA), awarding benefits to respondent Gloria de los Santos.

The Facts

Antonio de los Santos and respondent Gloria de los Santos, both Filipinos, were married on April 29, 1964 in Manila. Less than one (1) year after, in February 1965, Gloria left Antonio and contracted another marriage with a certain Domingo Talens in Nueva Ecija. Sometime in 1969, Gloria went back to...