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Alcala vs. Alcañeses

ESTHER VICTORIA ALCALA VDA. DE ALCAÑESES, PETITIONER, VS. JOSE S. ALCAÑESES, SUBSTITUTED BY HIS LEGAL HEIRS, GRACIA SANGA, MARIA ROSARIO ALCAÑESES, ANTHONY ALCAÑESES, VERONICA ALCAÑESES-PANTIG, MARCIAL ALCAÑESES, AND DEBORA ALCAÑESES-OBIAS, ALICIA S. ALCAÑESES-TANGLAO, MERCEDES ROSARIO S. ALCAÑESES, LYDIA VICTORIA ALCAÑESES-DE VILLA, FELICIDAD S. ALCAÑESES­LACANDOLA, DINAH L. ALCAÑESES-REYES, CECILIO L. ALCAÑESES, FE L. ALCAÑESES-JUMAWAN, AND ALFONSO PERCIVAL ALCAÑESES, ALL REPRESENTED BY FELICIDAD S. ALCAÑESES­ LACANDOLA AND CECILIO L. ALCAÑESES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 187847 | 2021-06-30

DECISION
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
There is no specifically prescribed means to resolve a conflict of laws problem; choice of law varies depending on the circumstances. Courts may employ the "state with the most significant relationship" test in determining choice of law in tort liability.

For this Court's resolution is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] challenging the Decision[2] and Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals which affirmed with modification the Regional Trial Court Decision.[4] The Regional Trial Court declared void Esther Victoria Alcala (Esther)'s Affidavit of Self-Adjudication and...