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Dewara vs. Spouses Lamela and Alvero

ELENITA M. DEWARA, represented by her Attorney-in-Fact, FERDINAND MAGALLANES, Petitioner, versus SPOUSES RONNIE AND GINA LAMELA and STENILE ALVERO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 179010 | 2011-04-11

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N
 
NACHURA, J.:
 
Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the Decision [1] dated November 6, 2006 and the Resolution [2] dated July 10, 2007 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 64936, which reversed and set aside the Decision [3] dated September 2, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 54, Bacolod City, in Civil Case No. 93-7942.
 
The Facts
 
Eduardo Dewara (Eduardo) and petitioner Elenita Magallanes Dewara (Elenita) were married before the enactment of the Family Code. Thus, the Civil Code governed their marital...