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Santos, Herrera, etc. vs. Santos and/or Her Successors

EDGARDO SANTOS, ZENAIDA SANTOS HERRERA, CORAZON SANTOS CANTILERO, ARMANDO SANTOS, SONIA SANTOS MAGPAYO, CIELITO SANTOS BALMEDIANO, EVELYN SANTOS NICOLAS, FELIXBERTO SANTOS, MARIA BETTINA DIAZ SANTOS, REUBEN JOSEPH SANTOS, JEROME SANTOS DE GUZMAN, AND JERICK SANTOS DE GUZMAN, PETITIONERS, VS. MARIA D. SANTOS AND/OR HER SUCCESSORS-IN-INTEREST, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 250774 | 2021-06-16

D E C I S I O N
 
CARANDANG, J.:
 
Before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court (Rules), assailing the Decision[2] dated May 3, 2019 and the Resolution[3] dated November 26, 2019 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 110870.
 
Antecedents
 
Respondent Maria D. Santos (Maria) was 16 years old when she first met Jose Santos (Jose), a rice farmer, who was then married to Josefa Santos (Josefa). No romantic relationship materialized even though they liked each other. Maria married Dominador Mendoza (Dominador) with whom she had seven children. Dominador...