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Republic vs. Cantor

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, PETITIONER, VS. MARIA FE ESPINOSA CANTOR, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 184621 | 2013-12-10

EN BANC
 
DECISION

BRION, J.:

The petition for review on certiorari1 before us assails the decision2 dated August 27, 2008 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. SP No. 01558-MIN which affirmed the order3 dated December 15, 2006 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 25, Koronadal City, South Cotabato, in SP Proc. Case No. 313-25, declaring Jerry F. Cantor, respondent Maria Fe Espinosa Cantor’s husband, presumptively dead under Article 41 of the Family Code.

The Factual Antecedents
 
The respondent and Jerry were married on September 20, 1997. They lived together as husband and wife in their conjugal dwelling in...