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Taday vs. Atty. Apoya

LEAH B. TADAY, Complainant, vs. ATTY. DIONISIO B. APOYA, JR., Respondent. Present: CARPIO, VELASCO, JR., LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, PERALTA, BERSAMIN, DEL CASTILLO, PERLAS-BERNABE, LEONEN, JARDELEZA, CAGUIOA, MARTIRES, TIJAM, REYES, JR., and GESMUNDO, JJ.

A.C. No. 11981 | 2018-07-03

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
EN BANC
 
DECISION
 
PER CURIAM:
 
Before this Court is a Verified Complaint-Affidavit1 filed before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) against Atty. Dionisio B. Apoya, Jr. (respondent) for violating the Code of Professional Responsibility (Code) in authoring a fake decision of a court.
 
Sometime in 2011, Leah B. Taday (complainant), an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) staying in Norway, asked her parents in the Philippines, Virgilio and Natividad Taday, to seek legal services for the nullification of her marriage. Complainant's parents found respondent and...