TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
General
1
1
4

Principles...................................................................................................
Jurisdiction..............................................................................................................
Classification of Jurisdiction....................................................................................
Classification of Courts............................................................................................
5
Other
Principles.......................................................................................................
5
Jurisdiction of Courts in Civil Cases..........................................................................
8
Jurisdiction of Courts in Criminal Cases...................................................................
13
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Rule 1: General Principles........................................................................................
17
Rule 2: Cause of Action............................................................................................
21
Rule 3: Parties to Civil
Action...................................................................................
24
Rule 4: Venue of
Actions..........................................................................................
33
Rule 5:
Uniform Procedure in Trial Courts...............................................................
35
Rule 6: Kinds of Pleadings........................................................................................
35
Rule 7: Parts of Pleadings.........................................................................................
40
Rule 8: Manner of Making Allegations in
Pleadings.................................................
43
Rule 9: Effect of Failure to
Plead..............................................................................
46
Rule 10:
Amended and Supplemental Pleadings......................................................
49
Rule 11: When to File Responsive Pleadings............................................................
52
Rule 12: Bill of Particulars.........................................................................................
54
Rule 13: Filing and Service of Pleadings, Judgments and Other
Papers...................
55
Rule 14:
Summons....................................................................................................
57
Rule 15: Motions......................................................................................................
63
Rule 16: Motion to Dismiss......................................................................................
65
Rule 17: Dismissal of
Actions....................................................................................
68
Rule 18: PreTrial......................................................................................................
70
Rule 19:
Intervention.................................................................................................
72
Rule 20: Calendar of Cases........................................................................................
74
Rule 21: Subpoena.....................................................................................................
74
Rule 22: Computation of
Time..................................................................................
76
Rule 23:
Depositions Pending Actions......................................................................
78
Rule 24: Depositions Before Actions of Pending Appeals.........................................
83
Rule 25: Interrogatories to Parties............................................................................
84
Rule 26: Admission by Adverse
Party.......................................................................
86
Rule 27: Production or
Inspections of Document.....................................................
87
Rule 28: Physical
and Mental Examination of Persons..............................................
88
Rule 29:
Refusal to Comply with Modes of Discovery...............................................
89
Rule 30: Trial..............................................................................................................
91
Rule 31: Consolidation or Severance.........................................................................
93
Rule 32: Trial by
Commisioner...................................................................................
93
Rule 33:
Demurrer to Evidence.................................................................................
95
Rule 34: Judgment on the Pleadings..........................................................................
96
Rule 35: Summary Judgements.................................................................................
97
Rule 36: Judgments, Final Orders and Entry
Thereof................................................
98
Rule 37: New Trial or
Reconsiderations.....................................................................
102
Rule 38: Relief
from Judgments, Orders, or Other Proceedings................................
106
Rule 39:
Execution, Satisfaction and Effect of Judgments.........................................
108
Rule 40: Appeal From MTCs to the RTCs...................................................................
123
Appeals......................................................................................................................
122
Rule 41: Appeal From The Regional Trial
Courts......................................................
125
Rule 42: Petition for Review From
the RTCs to the CA.............................................
129
Rule 43: Appeals From the
CTA and Quasi-Judicial Agencies to the CA...................
130
Rule 44: Ordinary
Appealed Cases...........................................................................
132
Rule 45:
Appeal by Certiorari to the Supreme Court................................................
133
Rule 46: Original Cases............................................................................................

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Rule 47: Annulment of Judgments of Final Orders and Resolutions..........................

138
Rule 48: Preliminary
Conference...............................................................................
140
Rule 49: Oral
Argument.............................................................................................
141
Rule 50:
Dismissal of Appeal......................................................................................
141
Rule 51: Judgment.....................................................................................................
142
Rule 52: Motion for Reconsideration.........................................................................
143
Rule 53: New
Trial......................................................................................................
144
Rule 54: Internal Business..........................................................................................
144
Rule 55: Publications of Judgments and Final Resolutions........................................
145
Rule 56: Procedure in the Supreme
Court.................................................................
145
Provisional
Remedies.................................................................................................
146
Rule 57:
Preliminary Attachment...............................................................................
146
Rule 58: Preliminary Injunction..................................................................................
151
Rule 59: Receivership.................................................................................................
155
Rule 60:
Replevin.......................................................................................................
157
Rule 61: Support Pendente Lite.................................................................................
159
SPECIAL CIVIL ACTIONS
Special Civil Actions......................................................................................................
171
Special Civil Actions Under the Rules of
Court.............................................................
171
Rule 62:
Interpleader...................................................................................................
172
Rule 63: Declaratory Relief and Similar Remedies.......................................................
174
Rule 64: Review of Judgments and Final Orders or Resolutions of the
COMELEC and the COA.................................................................................................
177
Rule 65: Certiorari, Prohibition and Mandamus..........................................................
178
Rule 66: Quo
Warranto................................................................................................
186
Rule 67:
Expropriation.................................................................................................
189
Rule 68: Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage.............................................................
194
Rule 69: Partition.........................................................................................................
198
Rule 70: Forcible Entry and Unlawful
Detainer...........................................................
200
Rule 71:
Contempt......................................................................................................
207
Venue and Jurisdiction of Special Civil Actions............................................................
212
SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
General Provisions........................................................................................................
214
Rule 72: Subject Matter And Applicability of General
Rules........................................
214
Rule 73: Venue and
Processes.....................................................................................
216
Rule 74:
Summary Settlement of Estates....................................................................
218
Rule 75: Production of Will; Allowance of Will Necesary............................................
221
Rule 76: Allowance or Disallowance of Will.................................................................
222
Rule 77: Allowance of Will Proved Outside of The Philippines and
Administration of Estate Thereunder............................................................................
225
Rule 78: Letters Testamentary and of Administration; When and To
Whom Issued.................................................................................................................
226
Rule 79: Opposing Issuances of Letters Testamentary; Petition and
Contest for Letters of
Administration............................................................................
228
Rule 80: Special
Administrator.......................................................................................
229
Rule 81:
Bond of Executors and Administrators.............................................................
230
Rule 82: Revocation of Administration, Death, Resignation, and
Removal of Executors or
Administrators........................................................................
231
Rule 83:
Inventory and Appraisal; Provision for Support of Family................................
232
Rule 84: General Powers and Duties of Executors and Administrators..........................
233
Rule 85: Accountability and Compensation of Executors and
Administrators................................................................................................................
234
Rule 86: Claims Against Estate........................................................................................
236
Rule 87: Actions By and Against Executors and
Administrators.....................................
240
Rule 88: Payment of The
Debts of The Estate................................................................
242
Rule 89: Sales,
Mortgages and Other Encumbrances of Property of

Decedent........................................................................................................................
245
Rule 90: Distribution and Partition of The Estate...........................................................
247
Rule 91:
Escheats...........................................................................................................
248
General Guardians and Guardianship
Rule 92: Venue.................................................................................................................
251
Rule 93: Appointment of
Guardian..................................................................................
251
Rule 94: Bonds of
Guardians.............................................................................................
252
Rule 95:
Selling and Encumbering Property of Ward........................................................
253
Rule 96: General Powers and Duties of Guardians..........................................................
254
Rule 97: Termination if Guardianship...............................................................................
255
Rule 98:
Trustees..............................................................................................................
256
Rule on Guardianship of Minors......................................................................................
259
Adoption..........................................................................................................................
262
Rules on Domestic
Adoption...........................................................................................
263
Inter-Country Adoption..................................................................................................
268
Rescission of Adoption....................................................................................................
269

Rule 101: Proceedings for Hospitalization of Insane Persons...............................................

270
Rule 102: Habeas
Corpus......................................................................................................
272
Rule on
Custody of Minors and Writ of Habeas Corpus in Relation to
the
Custody of Minors...........................................................................................................
278
Rule on Writ of Amparo.........................................................................................................
279
Rule on Writ of Habeas Data.................................................................................................
283
Rule 103: Change of
Name....................................................................................................
286
Rule 104:
Voluntary Dissolution of Corporations..................................................................
288
Rule
105: Judicial Approval of Voluntary Recognition of Minor
Natural Children....................................................................................................................
289
Rule 106: Constitution of Family
Home................................................................................
289
Rule 107:
Absentees.............................................................................................................
290
Rule 108: Cancellation Or Correction Of Entries In The Civil Registry...................................
292
Republic Act 9048.................................................................................................................
294
Rule 109 - Appeals in Special
Proceedings............................................................................
298
Venue and
Jurisdiction in Special Proceedings.....................................................................
300
Comparative Chart: Domestic and Inter-Country Adoption..................................................
302
Comparative Chart: Habeas Corpus, Writ of Amparo and
Habeas
Data...........................................................................................................................
305
Comparative Chart: Rule 103, Rule 108 and R.A. No. 9048...................................................
309
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
General Principles..................................................................................................................
312
Rule 110: Prosecution of
Offenses........................................................................................
.
318
Rule
111: Prosecution of Civil Actions...................................................................................
330
Rule 112: Preliminary Investigation......................................................................................
334
R.A. 9372 (Human Security Act of
2007)...............................................................................
342
Rule 113:
Arrest......................................................................................................................
343
Rule
114: Bail.........................................................................................................................
347
Rule 115: Rights of the Accused............................................................................................
358
Rule 116: Arraignment and
Plea............................................................................................
364
Rule 117: Motion to
Quash...................................................................................................
369
Rule
118: Pre-Trial.................................................................................................................
376
Rule 119: Trial.......................................................................................................................
378
Rule 120: Judgment..............................................................................................................
385
Rule 121: New Trial or
Reconsideration................................................................................
390
Rule 122:
Appeal...................................................................................................................
393
Rule 123: Municipal Trial Courts...........................................................................................

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Rule 124: Procedure in the Court of Appeals.......................................................................

397
Rule 125: Procedure in the Supreme
Court..........................................................................
399
Rule 126: Search and
Seizure...............................................................................................
400
Rule on
Search and Seizure in Civil Actions for Infringement of Intellectual
Property Rights......................................................................................................................
407
Rule 127: Provisional Remedies in Criminal Cases................................................................
408
Criminal Procedure
Flowchart..............................................................................................
410
When Bail: Matter of Right; Matter of Discretion; Denied...................................................
413
Rights of the Accused: Waivable and Non-waivable.............................................................
413
EVIDENCE
Rule 128: General
Provisions.................................................................................................
414
Rule 129: What
Need Not Be Proved.....................................................................................
422
Rule
130: Rules of Admissibility.............................................................................................
428
Best Evidence Rule.................................................................................................................
432
Secondary
Evidence...............................................................................................................
434
Parol
Evidence Rule................................................................................................................
437
Qualification of Witnesses.....................................................................................................
441
Testimonial
Privilege..............................................................................................................
452
Admissions and Confessions..................................................................................................
452
Res Inter Alios
Acta................................................................................................................
456
Previous Conduct as Evidence...............................................................................................
461
Testimonial
Knowledge..........................................................................................................
463
Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule.............................................................................................
464
Summary of the Exceptions to the Hearsay
Rule...................................................................
474
Opinion
Rule...........................................................................................................................
477
Character Evidence.................................................................................................................
479
Rule 131: Burden of Proof and
Presumptions........................................................................
481
Presumptions..........................................................................................................................
483
Rule 132: presentation of
Evidence........................................................................................
489

Examination of Witness..........................................................................................................
489
Witness Protection, Security and Benefit
Act.........................................................................
493
Authentication and Proof
Of Documents...............................................................................
500
Offer
and Objection................................................................................................................
504
Rule 133: Sufficiency and Weight of Evidence........................................................................
509
Anti Wire-Tapping
Act.............................................................................................................
515
Rule on
Examination of Child Witness.....................................................................................
516
E-Commerce Law.....................................................................................................................
521
Rule on Electronic
Evidence....................................................................................................
521
Rule on DNA Evidence.............................................................................................................
524
SPECIAL LAWS
Katarungang Pambarangay.......................................................................................................
527
Rules of Procedure for Small Claims
Case................................................................................
531
Revised Rules on
Summary Procedure.....................................................................................
534
Rules of Procedure of Environmental Cases.............................................................................
538
Judicial Affidavit
Rules..............................................................................................................
547
Efficient Use of Paper Rule.......................................................................................................
549
Re: Proposed Rules on E-

filing..................................................................................................
550
Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004.............................................................................
551
Special Rules of Court on
ADR..................................................................................................
561
Guidelines in the Conduct of Pre-trial and Deposition.............................................................
571
Guidelines on Enhance Pretrial...............................................................................................
574
PHILJA
Resolution: Rule on Provisional Remedies....................................................................
575
Rule on Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Marriages and Annulment....................................
577
Rule on Legal
Separation...........................................................................................................
580
Re: Rules on VAWC....................................................................................................................
585
Proposed Rule on Commitment of
Children................................................................................
592
Rule on Juveniles
in Conflict with Law.........................................................................................
596
Guidelines for Decongesting Holding Jail....................................................................................
600
Judiciary Act of
1948..................................................................................................................
603
Annexes
Annulment of Voidable
Marriages.............................................................................................
605
Procedure of Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Void Marriages,
Annulment of Voidable Marriages and Legal
Separation...........................................................
606
Katarungang
Pambarangay........................................................................................................
607
Summary Procedure..................................................................................................................
608
Environmental Case
Procedure..................................................................................................
609
Small Claims Procedure...............................................................................................................
611
BIBLIOGRAPHY....................................................................................................................................
..
612

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