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Bakunawa III vs. Bakunawa

MANUEL R. BAKUNAWA Ill, Petitioner, vs. NORA REYES BAKUNAWA, Respondent.. Present: VELASCO, JR., J., Chairperson, BERSAMIN, DEL CASTILLO,* TIJAM, and REYES, JR., JJ.

G.R. No. 217993 | 2017-08-09

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
THIRD DIVISION
 
RESOLUTION
 
REYES, JR., J.:
 
For resolution of the Court is a petition for review on certiorari1 filed by Manuel R. Bakunawa III (Manuel) challenging the Decision2 dated March 27, 2014 and Resolution3 dated April 22, 2015 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 98579, which upheld the validity of his marriage to Nora Reyes Bakunawa (Nora).
 
The Facts
 
Manuel and Nora met in 1974 at the University of the Philippines where they were students and became sweethearts. When Nora became pregnant, she and Manuel got married on July 26, 1975 at St....