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Manauis-Taggueg vs. Taggueg

MONETTE MANAUIS-TAGGUEG, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. VINCENZO NONATO M. TAGGUEG, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 13674 [Formerly CBD Case No. 16-5221] | 2023-08-01

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

Before the Court is an administrative complaint[1] for disbarment filed by Monette Manauis-Taggueg with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines – Commission on Bar Discipline (IBP-CBD) against her husband Atty. Vincenzo Nonato M. Taggueg.

The precursor facts are synthesized as follows:

On June 6, 2002, complainant Monette Manauis-Taggueg and respondent Atty. Vincenzo Nonato M. Taggueg got married in...