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Judge Lily Lydia A. Laquindanum Vs. Atty. Nestor Q. Quintana

JUDGE LILY LYDIA A. LAQUINDANUM Complainant, versus ATTY. NESTOR Q. QUINTANA, Respondent.

A.C. No. 7036 | 2009-06-29

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, C.J.:

This administrative case against Atty. Nestor Q. Quintana (Atty. Quintana) stemmed from a letter[1] addressed to the Court filed by Executive Judge Lily Lydia A. Laquindanum (Judge Laquindanum) of the Regional Trial Court of Midsayap, Cotabato requesting that proper disciplinary action be imposed on him for performing notarial functions in Midsayap, Cotabato, which is beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the commissioning court that issued his notarial commission, and for allowing his wife to do notarial acts in his absence.

In her letter, Judge Laquindanum alleged that pursuant to A.M. No. 03-8-02-SC,...