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SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION, PETITIONER, VS. EDNA A. AZOTE, RESPONDENT.

SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION, PETITIONER, VS. EDNA A. AZOTE, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 209741 | 2015-04-15

SECOND DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This petition for review on certiorari[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court filed by petitioner Social Security Commission (SSC) assails the August 13, 2013 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA), and its October 29, 2013 Resolution[3] in CA-G.R. SP No. 122933, allowing respondent Edna A. Azote (Edna) to claim the death benefits of her late husband, Edgardo Azote (Edgardo).
 
The Antecedents:
 
On June 19, 1992, respondent Edna and Edgardo, a member of the Social Security System (SSS), were married in civil rites at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 9, Legazpi City, Albay (RTC)....