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Victorina Bautista vs. Atty. Sergio E. Bernabe

VICTORINA BAUTISTA, Complainant, vs. ATTY. SERGIO E. BERNABE, Respondent.

A.C. No. 6963 | 2006-02-09



FIRST DIVISION
D E C I S I O N 

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.: 

In a Complaint[1] filed before the Commission on Bar Discipline of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) on November 16, 2004, complainant Victorina Bautista[2] prays for the suspension or disbarment of respondent Atty. Sergio E. Bernabe for malpractice and unethical conduct in the performance of his duties as a notary public and a lawyer. 

Complainant alleged that on January 3, 1998, respondent prepared and notarized a Magkasanib na Salaysay[3] purportedly executed by Donato Salonga and complainant's mother, Basilia de la Cruz.[4] Both affiants declared that a certain...