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Ma. Lourdes C. De Castro Vs. Crispino De Castro, Jr., Office of the City Prosecutor for Manila, and the Office of the Solicitor General

MA. LOURDES C. DE CASTRO, Petitioner, versus CRISPINO DE CASTRO, JR., OFFICE OF THE CITY PROSECUTOR FOR MANILA, and THE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, Respondents.

G.R. No. 172198 | 2009-06-16

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, C.J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 81856, dated April 4, 2006, which found no grave abuse of discretion in the Orders dated August 20, 2003 and December 12, 2003, issued by Acting Judge Marvic Balisi-Umali of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila in Civil Case No. 96-79135 for the declaration of nullity of marriage.

First, the facts:

Petitioner Ma. Lourdes C. De Castro and private respondent Crispino De Castro, Jr. were married on January 1, 1971. In 1996, private respondent filed a petition[2] for the declaration of nullity of their...