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Elgar vs. Santos

SUSAN R. ELGAR, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE SOLIMAN M. SANTOS, JR., MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT, NABUA-BATO, CAMARINES SUR., RESPONDENT.

A.M. No. MTJ-16-1880 [formerly OCA IPI No. 13-2565-MTJ] | 2020-02-04

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
INTING, J.:
 
This administrative matter stemmed from the Complaint­-Affidavit[1] filed by Susan R. Elgar (complainant) against Judge Soliman M. Santos, Jr. (Judge Santos), in his capacity as the Presiding Judge of Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC), Nabua-Bato, Camarines Sur. Complainant charged him with gross ignorance of the law and violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct and Canons of Judicial Ethics relative to Special Proceedings No. 1870, entitled "In Re: Petition for the Allowance of the Deed of Donation Mortis Causa by the Late Wenceslao Elgar."[2]
 
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