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Perez, Jr. vs. Perez-Senerpida

NICXON L. PEREZ, JR.,• PETITIONER, VS. AVEGAIL PEREZ-SENERPIDA, ASSISTED BY HER HUSBAND MR. SENERPIDA, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 233365 | 2021-03-24

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N
 
CAGUIOA, J:
 
Recalling the 1971 landmark case of Matabuena v. Cervantes[1] (Matabuena) where the Court en banc was confronted with a question of first impression, whether the ban on a donation between spouses during the marriage applied to a common-law relationship, the Court is faced with a similar predicament in this case. This time the question is whether the gratuitous disposition of property acquired during a common-law relationship or cohabitation of a man and a woman without the benefit of marriage or under a void marriage requires the consent of both as is required...