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Mondejar vs. Laspiñas

JOSSIE P. MONDEJAR, COMPLAINANT, V. MAY N. LASPIÑAS, LEGAL RESEARCHER AND MAE VERCILLE H. NALLO, CLERK III, BOTH OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 40, SILAY CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, RESPONDENTS.

A.M. No. P-19-3996 (Formerly OCA-IPI-12-3875-P) | 2020-01-07

D E C I S I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
This is a case of court employees acting as fixers in a Petition for Correction/Cancellation of Entries in a birth certificate.
 
The Facts
 
In 2008, plaintiff Jossie P. Mondejar (Mondejar) went to see a certain Bebot, later identified as Manuel A. Dalpatan, Jr. (Dalpatan), who works in the Local Civil Registrar of Silay City. She sought Dalpatan's help in correcting/cancelling the entries in her son's birth certificate. He said that he would consult a certain May, later identified as respondent May N. Laspiñas (Laspiñas). Laspiñas agreed to help for P9,000.00, which...