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Panagsagan vs. Atty. Panagsagan

DAISY D. PANAGSAGAN, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. BERNIE Y. PANAGSAGAN, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 7733 | 2019-10-01

D E C I S I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
Once again, the Court is confronted with the issue of gross immorality being raised against a lawyer for turning his back on his legitimate wife and family in order to cohabit with another woman.

The present administrative complaint for disbarment was initiated by Daisy D. Panagsagan against her husband, Atty. Bernie Y. Panagsagan, charging him with having become unfit to continue as a member of the Bar by reason of his immorality, infidelity, and abandonment of his family.
 
Antecedents

The Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) summarized the facts in this manner:

In her complaint, Daisy Panagsagan gave...