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Brigido B. Quiao vs. Rita C. Quiao 675 SCRA 642

BRIGIDO B. QUIAO, Petitioner, vs. RITA C. QUIAO, KITCHIE C. QUIAO, LOTIS C. QUIAO, PETCHIE C. QUIAO, represented by their mother RITA QUIAO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 176556 | 2012-07-04

SECOND DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
REYES, J.:
 
The family is the basic and the most important institution of society.  It is in the family where children are born and molded either to become useful citizens of the country or troublemakers in the community.  Thus, we are saddened when parents have to separate and fight over properties, without regard to the message they send to their children. Notwithstanding this, we must not shirk from our obligation to rule on this case involving legal separation escalating to questions on dissolution and partition of properties.
 
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