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Mendez vs. Sharia District Court etc.

SHERYL M. MENDEZ, PETITIONER, VS. SHARI'A DISTRICT COURT, 5th SHARI'A DISTRICT, COTABATO CITY, RASAD G. BALINDONG (ACTING PRESIDING JUDGE); 1st SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURT, 5th SHARI'A DISTRICT, COTABATO CITY, MONTANO K. KALIMPO (PRESIDING JUDGE); AND DR. JOHN O. MALIGA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 201614 | 2016-01-12

D E C I S I O N
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
Before this Court is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the March 30, 2012 Decision[1] of the Shari'a District Court, 5th Shari'a District, Cotabato City (ShDQ, in ShDC Appealed Case No. 2011-19. The assailed decision affirmed the August 19, 2011 Order[2] of the 1st Shari'a Circuit Court, Cotabato City (ShCC), in ShCC Civil Case No. 2010-559, confirming the talaq[3] (divorce) between petitioner Sheryl M. Mendez (Mendez) and private respondent Dr. John O. Maliga (Maliga); awarding the custody of their minor child to Maliga; and ordering him to...