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rena P. Ong Vs. Judge Oscar E. Dinopol, RTC Br. 24, Koronadal City, So. Cotabato

LORENA P. ONG, Complainant, versus JUDGE OSCAR E. DINOPOL, Regional Trial Court, Branch 24, Koronadal City, South Cotabato, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-07-2052 | 2009-03-30

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

The present administrative case arose in the course of the proceedings in Civil Case No. 1632, "Lorena P. Ong, Plaintiff, v. Domingo Ong, Defendant" (the civil case), an action for declaration of nullity of marriage or legal separation and damages filed before the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Koronadal City and raffled to Branch 24 thereof, presided over by Judge Oscar E. Dinopol (respondent).

In the course of the trial of the civil case, the therein plaintiff-herein complainant Lorena P. Ong filed on April 1, 2005 a motion for the issuance of a "protection order"[1] praying for the custody of her two...