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Ceniza vs. Atty. Ceniza

AMALIA R. CENIZA, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. ELISEO B. CENIZA, JR., RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 8335 | 2019-04-10

D E C I S I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
The abandonment by an attorney of his legitimate family in order to cohabit with a married woman constitutes gross immorality that wan-ants his disbarment.[1]

The Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) received the complainant's letter-complaint denouncing the immoral conduct committed by her husband, a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.[2] She submitted therewith her affidavit detailing the grounds for her denunciation.[3]

The complainant stated that she and the respondent were married on November 12, 1989 at the Sacred Heart Parish in Cebu City; that in time they had two children,...