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Knutson vs. Sarmiento-Flores

RANDY MICHAEL KNUTSON, ACTING ON BEHALF OF MINOR RHUBY SIBAL KNUTSON, PETITIONER, VS. HON. ELISA R. SARMIENTO-FLORES, IN HER CAPACITY AS ACTING PRESIDING JUDGE OF BRANCH 69, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, TAGUIG CITY, AND ROSALINA SIBAL KNUTSON, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 239215 | 2022-07-12

D E C I S I O N
 
LOPEZ, M., J.:
 
The judicial quest to discern who may be offenders as defined in a penal statute is at times abstruse in itself. One such instance is whether Republic Act (RA) No. 9262,[1] or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004, allows the father to apply for protection and custody orders against the mother who is alleged to have committed violence against their child.
 
ANTECEDENTS

In 2005, Randy Michael Knutson (Randy), an American citizen, met Rosalina Sibal Knutson (Rosalina) in Singapore. They got married and had a daughter named Rhuby Sibal Knutson (Rhuby). In 2011, the...