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Dimayuga-Laurena vs. Court of Appeals

MA. DARLENE DIMAYUGA-LAURENA, Petitioner, JESSE LAURO LAURENA, COURT OF APPEALS and Respondents.

G.R. No. 159220 | 2008-09-22

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case
 
Before the Court is a petition for review[1] assailing the 6 June 2003 Decision[2] and 1 August 2003 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 58458. The Court of Appeals affirmed with modification the 25 March 1997 Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Makati City, Branch 140 (trial court) in Civil Case No. 93-3754.

The Antecedent Facts

Ma. Darlene Dimayuga-Laurena (petitioner) and Jesse Lauro Laurena (respondent) met in January 1983.[4] They were married on 19 December 1983 at the Church of Saint Augustine in Intramuros, Manila. They have two children, Mark Jordan who was born on 2...