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ENRIQUE GIL,
Respondent.
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I.
1. Petitioner met Respondent sometime in May 20013 at SM City South Point, where
she worked as the Manager of Starbucks Sm City South Point Branch. Respondent
was one of the customers of said coffee shop whom she served and who took an
2. Respondent relentlessly wooed Petitioner for six (6) months by showering her with
flowers and gifts, visiting her frequently at the coffee shop and bringing her home.
3. During the courtship, Petitioner often asked Respondent where he worked and what
his job is,but Respondent always replied that he is still looking for work.
4. Petitioner also asked Respondent where he got his money for their dates since the
latter was unemployed while he was courting Petitioner. Respondent replied that
his parents always gave him an allowance for dates, and out-of-town trips.
5. During their dates, Petitioner observed that Respondents mother would call him
very often and ask him about his whereabouts. Petitioner also observed that every
time she went out on a date with the Respondent, he always bought his mother a
(6) months of courtship when Respondent told her that he would stop courting her
company owned by his family where his mother was the Chief Executive Officer,
as a Sales Assistant.
9. Later, Respondent pleaded with the Petitioner to prove her love to him by asking
her to have pre-marital sex with him and when she refused, Respondent attempted
to commit suicide.
10. Fearing that Respondent would again attempt suicide, Petitioner engaged in pre-
marital sex with him, resulting in her feelings of guilt and remorse.
11. Soon after this, Respondent proposed marriage to Petitioner because he sensed the
12. Petitioner and Respondent were married to each other at the Molo Cathedral on 10
reception at the Diversion 21 Hotel was attended by both parties' friends and family.
13. After the marriage ceremony, the spouses returned to their respective parents'
homes and lived separately since they had not yet established a conjugal home.
14. Respondent visited Petitioner in her house in Land Heights Phase 2 Villa, Iloilo
daily. However, Respondents mother would always call him up and ask him to go
home. Respondents mother would ask their family driver to drive her to Petitioners
the house of Respondents' parents believing it would only be temporary until the
couple has enough money of their own to rent or purchase their own residence.
16. Sometime in 2015, since the couples savings were still insufficient to purchase a
house and lot, Petitioner applied for and was employed as a Management Trainee
17. While working at HSBC, there were times that Petitioner would come home late
from work only to discover that Respondent was out of the house or with his
friends.
18. Also, there were a few occasions when Respondent was unable to fetch Petitioner
from HSBC as a result of the prohibition of the formers mother. In addition to this,
there were several times where Respondent would fetch Petitioner from the office
19. In February 2016, Petitioner and Respondent were finally able to move out of
mother on Ledesco Village La Paz., which was a block away from Respondents'
parents home.
20. Respondents mother visited them every day, brought them food for breakfast,
lunch, and dinner. Respondents mother also volunteered to pay for the house
utilities.
21. Sometime in March 2016, Respondent was relieved of his position at Santiago
elsewhere.
22. Respondents mother began giving her son allowances to defray his personal and
familial expenses. Respondents mother asked Petitioner what expenses were not
being covered by her salary and even volunteered to subsidize their other household
expenses.
Petitioner to move back into the home of Respondents parents, because he stayed
24. The couple moved back to Respondent's parents' house after Petitioner lost her
25. When the couple returned to the home of Respondents parents, Respondent
constantly reminded the Petitioner that they can live off his parents who can afford
to support them anyway and that Petitioner should just abandon the idea of moving
26. In a last ditch effort to save her marriage, the Petitioner convinced the Respondent
27. Petitioner brought him to Dr. Barney Stinson a psychologist, who not only
counseled the couple until July of 2016 but also made a psychological evaluation
and assessment of the Respondent at the request of the Petitioner and with the
knowledge and consent of the former that his wife would receive a copy of the
doctors findings.
28. The psychological evaluation and assessment issued by Dr. Barney Stinson on 21
personality disorder which is serious, incurable and existing prior to the union
between the two, rendering him incapable of performing the essential marital
obligations, the features of which are (1) difficulty making everyday decisions
Respondents mother, (2) needs others to assume responsibility for the major areas
of his life (3) has difficulty initiating work or doing things on his or her own, (4)
unable to care for himself or herself, (5) is unrealistically preoccupied with fears of
being left to take care of himself or herself, and (6) an overwhelming lack of interest
29. As Petitioner could no longer bear the emotional and psychological stress brought
about by Respondents mentality and behavior, she left the home of her parents-in-
30. As found even by the National Appellate Matrimonial Tribunal of the Catholic
Church in a decision they released concerning the so-called union between the
Petitioner and the Respondent on 9 March 2017 penned by a Fr. Jeremy Moreno,
decided to provide the same to his mother. The said decision goes on to state that
grave and incurable, as the acts constituting the same are habitual, persistent,
Court:
Whether or not the Respondent has failed to comply with the essential marital obligations
1. If the Respondent has failed to comply with the essential marital obligations stated
in Article 68 of the Family Code, whether or not such failure was due to
psychological incapacity which is grave, serious and incurable and existing at the
time of the marriage, though only manifesting itself during the marriage.
IV.
DOCUMENTS TO BE PRESENTED
The Petitioner will present the following documents:
January 2014.
4 September 2016.
course of trial.
V.
WITNESSES TO BE PRESENTED
The Petitioner will present the following witnesses:
particularly the breakdown of her union with Michael Santiago because of the
also testify as to how serious Michael Santiago's psychological condition is, what
he believes is the root cause of such condition and how it has manifested itself in
schemes, and ways in which she helped her son before and during the marriage.
She will also testify as to the nature of her relationship with her son and how the
latter was brought up in order to show the root cause of Respondents psychological
condition.
4. Other witnesses as may be determined to be relevant to the case during the course
of trial.
VI.
dates and time convenient to the parties and the calendar of this Honorable Court.
Copy furnished:
SAMSON ,DELILAH & ASSOCIATES
Counsel for Respondent
Address: MABINI ST. ILOILO CITY
Contact Nos.: (081) 874-1478 to 90
This CONTRACT TO SELL, made and executed this 3rd day of March, 2017 by and between:
ENRIQUE GIL, of legal age, single, Filipino, and with residence and postal address at Lot 3,
Land Heights Phase 2, hereinafter referred to as the "SELLER/VENDOR";
-AND-
LIZA SOBERANO, Filipino and with residence and postal address at 21 Jalandoni St. Iloilo City,
hereinafter referred to as the "BUYER/VENDEE".
WITNESSETH;
WHEREAS, the SELLER/VENDOR is the absolute and registered owner of a parcel of land
consisting of 1 Hectare (10,000) square meters, more or less, located at (Land Heights Phase 2, Villa
Iloilo City) and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 12345 issued by the Registry of Deeds of
Iloilo City.
WHEREAS, the BUYER/VENDEE has offered to buy and the SELLER /VENDOR has agreed to
sell the above mentioned property under the terms and conditions herein below set forth;
NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the total sum of 1 Million Pesos P1,000,000.00
Philippine Currency, and of the covenants herein after set forth the SELLER/VENDOR agrees to sell
and the BUYER/VENDEE agrees to buy the aforesaid property subject to the following terms and
conditions:
1. The total consideration shall be One Million (Php: 1,000,000.00) PESOS, Philippine Currency,
payable as follows:
a) The amount of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND (Php: 300,000.00) PESOS, representing earnest
money shall be payable by the BUYER/VENDEE to the SELLER/VENDOR upon signing of this
Contract to Sell;
b) The remaining balance in the amount of SEVEN HUNDREDTHOUSAND (Php: 700,000.00) PESOS,
shall be paid in Cash on or before February 14, 2018.
c) In case the check representing the payment for the balance provided in paragraph b hereof, is dishonored
by the drawee bank, the earnest money in the amount of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND (Php:
300,000.00) PESOS, shall be forfeited in favor of the SELLER/VENDOR.
2. Capital Gains Tax and Real Estate Tax, shall be for the account of the SELLER/VENDOR;
3. Documentary Stamps Tax, Registration Fee, registration expenses, and all other
miscellaneous fees and expenses shall be to the account of the BUYER/VENDEE;
5. Upon full payment of the total price, the SELLER/VENDOR shall sign and execute a DEED OF
ABSOLUTE SALE in favor of the BUYER/VENDEE. The SELLER/VENDOR shall likewise execute
and/or deliver any and all documents, including but not limited to the original copy of Transfer Certificate
of Title, Tax Declaration and all other documents necessary for the transfer of ownership
from SELLER/VENDOR to the BUYER/VENDEE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto affixed their signatures, this 3rd day of March,
2017 at Iloilo City, Philippines.
BEFORE ME, a Notary Public, this 3rd day of March 2017, personally appeared the following:
This instrument, consisting of 2 page/s, including the page on which this acknowledgment is written, has
been signed on the left margin of each and every page thereof by the concerned parties and their witnesses,
and sealed with my notarial seal.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 3rd day of March , 2017 Iloilo City