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Asilo vs. Gonzales-Betic

SHELA BACALTOS ASILO, PETITIONER, VS. PRESIDING JUDGE MARIA LUISA LESLE G. GONZALES-BETIC, BRANCH 225, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, QUEZON CITY, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 232269 (Formerly UDK 15799) | 2024-07-10

D E C I S I O N
 
GESMUNDO, C.J.:
 
In a petition for recognition of a foreign divorce decree, the nationality of the alien spouse, and the national law of the alien spouse, which recognizes the foreign divorce decree and thereby capacitates said alien spouse to remarry, must be specifically alleged in the initiatory pleading and duly proven in the course of trial.

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