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Office of the Court Administrator Vs. Atty. Mary Ann Paduganan-Penaranda, Office of the Clerk of Court, Municiapal Trial Court in Cities, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental and Ms. Jocelyn Mediante

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, Complainant, versus ATTY. MARY ANN PADUGANAN-PENARANDA, Office of the Clerk of Court, Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC), Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental; and Ms. JOCELYN MEDIANTE, Respondents

A.M. No. P-07-2355 (Formerly A.M. OCA IPI No. 01-7-208-MTCC) | 2010-03-19

DECISION


PERALTA, J.:

This administrative matter stemmed from the partial financial audit of the books of accounts of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities of Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental (MTCC-Cagayan de Oro City), conducted by the Audit Team of the Court Management Office (team) on May 21, 2001. The audit covered the accountability period of Atty. Mary Ann Paduganan-Peñaranda (Peñaranda), Clerk of Court, Office of the Clerk of Court, MTCC, Cagayan de Oro City, from June 1990 as to the Judiciary Development Fund; from April 1996 as to the General Fund and from April 1996 as to the Fiduciary Fund. Jocelyn Y. Mediante (Mediante),...