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SUPREME COURT
Manila
EN BANC
Annex B
GUAM DIVORCE.
DON PARKINSON
R E SO L U T I O N
REGALADO, J.:
Petitioner prays this Court "to order the respondent to
cease and desist from issuing advertisements similar
to or of the same tenor as that of annexes "A" and "B"
(of said petition) and to perpetually prohibit persons or
entities from making advertisements pertaining to the
exercise of the law profession other than those allowed
by law."
The advertisements complained of by herein petitioner
are as follows:
Annex A
SECRET MARRIAGE?
P560.00 for a valid marriage.
Info on DIVORCE. ABSENCE.
ANNULMENT. VISA.
1.9. If the person involved is both lawyer and nonlawyer, the Code of Professional Responsibility
succintly states the rule of conduct:
Rule 15.08 A lawyer who is engaged in another
profession or occupation concurrently with the practice
of law shall make clear to his client whether he is
acting as a lawyer or in another capacity.
1.10. In the present case. the Legal Clinic appears to
render wedding services (See Annex "A" Petition).
Services on routine, straightforward marriages, like
securing a marriage license, and making arrangements
with a priest or a judge, may not constitute practice of
law. However, if the problem is as complicated as that
described in "Rx for Legal Problems" on the Sharon
Cuneta-Gabby Concepcion-Richard Gomez case, then
what may be involved is actually the practice of law. If
a non-lawyer, such as the Legal Clinic, renders such
services then it is engaged in the unauthorized
practice of law.
1.11. The Legal Clinic also appears to give information
on divorce, absence, annulment of marriage and visas
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