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Luisa Kho Montañer, et al. vs. Shari'a District Court, et al.

LUISA KHO MONTAÑER, ALEJANDRO MONTAÑER, JR., LILLIBETH MONTAÑER-BARRIOS, AND RHODORA ELEANOR MONTAÑER-DALUPAN, PETITIONERS, VERSUS SHARI'A DISTRICT COURT, FOURTH SHARI'A JUDICIAL DISTRICT, MARAWI CITY, LILING DISANGCOPAN, AND ALMAHLEEN LILING S. MONTAÑER, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 174975 | 2009-01-20

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, C.J.:

This Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition seeks to set aside the Orders of the Shari'a District Court, Fourth Shari'a Judicial District, Marawi City, dated August 22, 2006[1] and September 21, 2006.[2]

On August 17, 1956, petitioner Luisa Kho Montañer, a Roman Catholic, married Alejandro Montañer, Sr. at the Immaculate Conception Parish in Cubao, Quezon City.[3] Petitioners Alejandro Montañer, Jr., Lillibeth Montañer-Barrios, and Rhodora Eleanor Montañer-Dalupan are their children.[4] On May 26, 1995, Alejandro Montañer, Sr. died.[5]

On August 19, 2005, private...