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Reynaldo Espiritu vs. Court of Appeals

REYNALDO ESPIRITU and GUILLERMA LAYUG, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, TERESITA MASAUDING, respondents.

G.R. No. 115640 | 1995-03-15

D E C I S I O N 

MELO, J.: 

This case concerns a seemingly void marriage and a relationship which went sour. The innocent victims are two children born out of the same union. Upon this Court now falls the not too welcome task of deciding the issue of who, between the father and mother, is more suitable and better qualified in helping the children to grow into responsible, well-adjusted, and happy young adulthood. 

Petitioner Reynaldo Espiritu and respondent Teresita Masauding first met sometime in 1976 in Iligan City where Reynaldo was employed by the National Steel Corporation and Teresita was employed as a nurse in a local...