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Juanita Carating-Siayngco vs Manuel Siayngco

JUANITA CARATING-SIAYNGCO, Petitioner, versus MANUEL SIAYNGCO, Respondent.

G.R. NO. 158896 | 2004-10-27

D E C I S I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals promulgated on 01 July 2003, reversing the decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 102, Quezon City, dated 31 January 2001, which dismissed the petition for declaration of nullity of marriage filed by respondent herein Judge Manuel Siayngco ("respondent Manuel").



Petitioner Juanita Carating-Siayngco ("Petitioner Juanita") and respondent Manuel were married at civil rites on 27 June 1973 and before the Catholic Church on 11 August 1973. After discovering that they could not have a child of their...