Jurisdiction in Civil Cases

ORIGINAL
APPELLATE
EXCLUSIVE CONCURRENT
SUPREME
COURT
Petition for Certiorari, Prohibition and Mandamus
against:
1) Court of Appeals
2) Court of Tax Appeals
3) Sandiganbayan
4) COMELEC
5) COA

I. With the CA
1) Petitions for certiorari, prohibition, or mandamus against:
a) RTC
b) Civil Service Commission
c) Central Board of Assessment Appeals (CBAA)
d) NLRC
e) Other quasi-judicial agencies

II. With the CA and RTC
1) Petitions for certiorari, prohibition or mandamus against
courts of the first level and other bodies
2) Petition for habeas corpus and quo warranto

III. With the RTC
1) Action against ambassadors, other public ministers and
consuls


I. Petition for review on certiorari against:
1) CA
2) Court of Tax Appeals
3) Sandiganbayan
4) RTC in cases involving:
a) Constitutionality or validity of a treaty, international or executive
agreement, law, PD, PO, instruction, ordinance, or regulation
COURT OF
APPEALS
Action for annulments of judgements of RTC
I. With the SC
1) Petitions for certiorari, prohibition or mandamus against
a) RTC
b) Civil Service
c) CBAA
d) NLRC

II. With SC and RTC
1) Petitions for certiorari, prohibition or mandamus against
courts of first level and other bodies
2) Petitions for habeas corpus and quo warranto

I. Ordinary Appeal from:
a) RTC except in cases exclusively appealable to the SC
b) Family Courts

II. Appeal by petition for review from:
a) Civil Service Commission
b) CBAA
c) SEC
d) LRA
e) Social Security Commission
f) Office of the President
g) Civil Aeronautics Board
h) Bureaus under the Intellectual Property Office
i) National Electrification Administration
j) Energy Regulatory Board
k) National Telecommunications Commission
l) DAR
m) GSIS
n) Agricultural Inventions Board
o) Employees Compensation Commission
p) Insurance Commission
q) Philippine Atomic Energy Commission
r) Board of Investments
s) Construction Industry Arbitration Commission
t) Any other quasi-judicial agency, instrumentality in exercise of its quasi-
judicial fxns

III. Petitions for Review from RTC in cases appealed thereto from the
lower courts
REGIONAL
TRIAL
COURTS
a) Actions wherein subject matter is incapable
of pecuniary estimation
b) Actions involving title to (publiciana) or
possession of real property or an interest
therein (20k, 50k) except FE and UD
c) Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction where
demand or claim exceeds (300k, 400k)
d) Matters of probate, testate, or intestate
where the gross value of the property
exceeds (300k, 400k)
e) Cases not within the exlusive jurisdiction of
any court or body exercising judicial or quasi-
judicial fxns
f) Actions and special proceedings within the
exclusive original jurisdiction of Court of
Agrarian Relations
g) Other cases where the demand or value of
the property exceeds 300k, 400k, exclusive of
interest, damages, attys fees,
I. With the SC
- Actions affecting ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls

II. With the SC and CA
1) Petitions for certiorari, prohibition, or
mandamus against courts of first level and other
bodies
2) Petitions for Habeas Corpus and quo warranto
All cases decided by the lower courts in their respective territorial jurisdiction
FAMILY
COURTS

a. Petitions for guardianship, custody of children,
habeas corpus in relation to the latter
b. Petitions for adoption of children and the
revocations thereof
c. Complaints for annulment of marriage, declaration
of nullity of marriage and those relating to marital
status and property relations of husband and wife or
those living together under different status and

agreements, and petitions for dissolution of conjugal
partnership of gains
d. Petitions for support and/or acknowledgment
e. Summary judicial proceedings brought under FC
f. Petitions for declaration of status of children as
abandoned, dependent or neglected children, for
voluntary or involuntary commitment of children, and
for the suspension, termination, or restoration of
parental authority
g. Cases of domestic violence against women and
children, but which do not constitute criminal offenses
subject to criminal prosecution and penalties


MUNICIPAL
TRIAL
COURTS
a) Actions involving personal property not more
than 300k, 400k
b) Actions demanding sums of money exclusive
of interest, damages, atty, fees, costs not
exceeding 300k, 400k
c) Admiralty, maritime not exceeding 300k,
400k
d) Probate, testate, intestate, where gross value
of estate not exceeding 300k, 400k
e) FE, UD
f) Actions involving title to or possession to real
property, or any interest therein (assessed
value does not exceed 20k, 50k) exclusive of
interest, damages, attys fees
g) Provisional Remedies where the principal
action is w/in its jurisdiction
DELEGATED:
a) Cadastral or land registration cases covering lots where
there is no controversy or opposition, or contested lots
the value of which does not exceed 100k as may be
assigned by the SC


SPECIAL:
a) Petitions for habeas corpus in absence of all RTC judges in
the province or city.

SUMMARY PROCEDURE:
a) FE and UD cases irrespective of the amount of damages
or unpaid rentals; atty fees must not exceed 20k
b) All other cases, except probate proceedings where the
total claim does not exceed 100k, 200k exclusive of
interest and costs