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Kondo vs. Pineda

EDNA S. KONDO, REPRESENTED BY ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, LUZVIMINDA S. PINEDA, PETITIONER, V. CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 223628 | 2020-03-04

D E C I S I O N
 
LAZARO-JAVIER, J.:
 
The Case
 
This Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] seeks to reverse the Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals dated March 16, 2016 in CA-G.R. CV No. 103150 which affirmed the trial court's denial of petitioner's Motion for New Trial.
 
Antecedents
 
On March 15, 1991, petitioner Edna S. Kondo and Katsuhiro Kondo, a Filipina and Japanese national, respectively, were married before the Head of Hirano Ward in Japan.[3] They registered their Marriage Certificate of even date with the National Statistics Office[4] in the Philippines. But on July 3, 2000,...