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Judge Gervacio A. Lopena vs. Atty. Artemio P. Cabatos.

JUDGE GERVACIO A. LOPENA, Petitioner, versus ATTY. ARTEMIO P. CABATOS, Respondent.

A.C. No. 3441 | 2005-08-11

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

CARPIO MORALES, J.: 

Atty. Artemio P. Cabatos (respondent) was administratively charged[1] by Judge Gervacio A. Lopena (complainant) of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Tagbilaran-Clarin, Bohol of SERIOUS BREACH OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS and GRAVE MISCONDUCT allegedly committed as follows: 

1) Respondent knowingly falsified a Deed of Donation[2] purportedly executed by one Crispina Panis by notarizing the same on June 24, 1981 when the donor had died on January 15, 1981, and 

2) Respondent "showed a grave disrespect to the courts and the administration of justice" by holding,...