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SPOUSES ROGELIO AMATORIO AND AIDA AMATORIO, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. FRANCISCO DY YAP AND ATTY. WHELMA F. SITON-YAP, RESPONDENTS.

SPOUSES ROGELIO AMATORIO AND AIDA AMATORIO, COMPLAINANTS, VS. ATTY. FRANCISCO DY YAP AND ATTY. WHELMA F. SITON-YAP, RESPONDENTS.

A.C. No. 5914 | 2015-03-11

THIRD DIVISION
 
RESOLUTION

REYES, J.:

This pertains to the complaint for disbarment filed by Spouses Rogelio Amatorio and Aida Amatorio (Aida) (complainants) against Attys. Francisco Dy Yap (Francisco) and Whelma Siton-Yap (respondents) for violating Rules 1.01, 7.03, 10.01, 10.02 and 10.03 of the Code of Professional Responsibility.
 
In their complaint, the complainants alleged that the respondents employed deceit to obtain favorable judgments, specifically by failing to inform the trial court that there was already an out-of-court settlement between them and maliciously manifesting that their counsel, Atty. Justo Paras (Atty....