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Irene Rayos-Ombac vs. Orlando A. Rayos

IRENE RAYOS-OMBAC, complainant, vs. ATTY. ORLANDO A. RAYOS, respondent.

A.C. No. 2884 | 1998-01-28

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J:

This case stemmed from a petition for disbarment filed with this Court by Mrs. Irene Rayos-Ombac against her nephew, Atty. Orlando A. Rayos, a legal practitioner in Metro Manila, for "his failure to adhere to the standards of mental and moral fitness set up for members of the bar." 1

The records show that in January 1985, respondent induced complainant who was then 85 years old to withdraw all her bank deposits and entrust them to him for safekeeping. Respondent told her that if she withdraws all her money in the bank, they will be excluded from the estate of her deceased husband and his other heirs will be...