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Santos-Gantan vs. Gantan

BERNARDINE S. SANTOS-GANTAN, PETITIONER, JOHN-ROSS C. GANTAN, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 225193 | 2020-10-14

FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
LAZARO-JAVIER, J.:
 
(1) 
Decision[2] dated June 29, 2015 which reversed the grant of the petition for declaration of nullity of the marriage between petitioner Bernardine S. Santos-Gantan and respondent John Ross C. Gantan; and
 
(2)
Resolution[3] dated June 3, 2016 which denied petitioner's motion for reconsideration.
 
PREFATORY
 
 
The oft-referred "totality of evidence" is a short and simple way of expressing the allocation of the burden of proof in a civil case for nullity of marriage under Article 36, Family Code. The burden of proof...