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SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION, PETITIONER, VS. EDNA A. AZOTE, RESPONDENT. [DISSENTING OPINION LEONEN, J.]

SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION, PETITIONER, VS. EDNA A. AZOTE, RESPONDENT. [DISSENTING OPINION LEONEN, J.]

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


DISSENTING OPINION
 
LEONEN, J.:

We are asked in this case to sustain the action of the Social Security Commission as it makes conjectures and then proceeds to adjudicate on the marital status of a claimant. There is no conflicting claim made against respondent Edna Azote's claim. We are asked to sustain an action by the Social Security Commission against an individual much in need of financial succor who is asking the State to honor the declaration of a beneficiary of one who has since deceased.

I, thus, disagree with the ponencia in disallowing the claim of Edna Azote (Edna) for death benefits on the ground that she failed to...