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Yasuo Iwasawa Vs. Felisa Custodio Gangan (a.k.a.

YASUO IWASAWA, Petitioner, -versus- FELISA CUSTODIO GANGAN 1 (a.k.a FELISA GANGAN ARAMBULO, and FELISA ANGAN IWASAWA) and the LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF PASAY CITY, Respondents.

G.R. No. 204169 | 2013-09-11

FIRST DIVISION

DECISION

VILLARAMA, JR, J.:

Before us is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, assailing the September 4, 2012 Decision 2 and October 16, 2012 Order 3 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 43, of Manila in Civil Case No. 11-126203. The RTC denied the petition for declaration of nullity of the marriage of petitioner Yasuo Iwasawa with private respondent Felisa Custodio Gangan due to insufficient evidence.

The antecedents follow:

Petitioner, a Japanese national, met private respondent sometime in 2002 in one of his visits to the Philippines. Private respondent...