Decision
1 v. Orcelino-Villanueva
G.R. No. 184621, G.R. No. 210929 · 2013-12-10 · LawPhil
712 SCRA 1, 35–53 [Per J. Brion, En Banc]. [12](https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt12) J. Leonen, Dissenting Opinion in Republic of the Philippines v. Orcelino-Villanueva , G.R. No. 210929, July 29, 2015…
En Banc]. (https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt10) Ponencia, p. 10.
(https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt11) J. Leonen, Dissenting Opinion in Republic of the Philippines v. Cantor , G.R. No. 184621, December 10, 2013, 712 SCRA 1, 35-53 [Per J. Brion, En Banc]. (https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt12) J. Leonen, Dissenting Opinion in Republic of the Philippines v. Orcelino-Villanueva , G.R. No. 210929, July 29, 2015 <http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=/jurisprudence/2015/july2015/210929leonen.pdf> [Per J. Mendoza, Second Division]. (https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt13) Id.
at 2. (https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt14) Republic v. Court of Appeals and Alegro , 513 Phil. 391 (2005) [Per J. Callejo, Sr., Second Division]. (https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt15) J. Leonen, Dissenting Opinion in Republic v. Cantor , G.R. No. 184621, December 10, 2013, 712 SCRA 1, 48 [Per J. Brion, En Banc].
(https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt16) Id. (https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt17) J. Leonen, Dissenting Opinion in Republic of the Philippines v. Orcelino-Villanueva , G.R. No. 210929, July 29, 2015 <http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=/jurisprudence/2015/july2015/210929leonen.pdf> 3 [Per J. Mendoza, Second Division]. (https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt18) Id., citing J. Leonen, Dissenting Opinion in Republic v. Cantor , G.R. No. 184621, December 10, 2013, 712 SCRA 1, 48 [Per J. Brion, En Banc].
(https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt19) Rollo , p. 44. (https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt20) J. Leonen, Dissenting Opinion in Republic of the Philippines v. Orcelino-Villanueva , G.R. No. 210929, July 29, 2015 <http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=/jurisprudence/2015/july2015/210929leonen.pdf> [Per J. Mendoza, Second Division].
(https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt21) Ponencia, p. 9. (https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt22) Id.
As the ponencia summarizes: "[T]he degree of diligence and reasonable search required by law is not met (1) when there is failure to present the persons from whom the present spouse allegedly made inquiries especially the absent spouse's relatives or neighbors and friends, (2) when there is failure to report the missing spouse's purported disappearance or death to the police or mass media, and (3) when the present spouse's evidence might or would only show that the absent spouse chose not to communicate, but not necessarily that the latter was indeed dead." (https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt23) FAMILY CODE, art. 68.
(https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt24) J. Leonen, Dissenting Opinion in Republic v. Cantor , G.R. No. 184621, December 10, 2013, 712 SCRA 1, 51-52 [Per J. Brion, En Banc], citing 1 ARTURO M. TOLENTINO, Commentaries and Jurisprudence on the Civil Code of the Philippines, 281-282 (1990), in turn citing People v. Glab , 13 App. (2d) 528, 57 Pac. (2d) 588 and Harrington Estate , 140 Cal.
244, 73 Pac. 1000; and FAMILY CODE, art. 68.
(https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt25) J. Leonen, Dissenting Opinion in Republic of the Philippines v. Orcelino-Villanueva , G.R. No. 210929, July 29, 2015 <http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=/jurisprudence/2015/july2015/210929leonen.pdf> 5-6 [Per J. Mendoza, Second Division]. (https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr199194so2016.html#rnt26) Id. at 6.
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