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Guardianship
Kinds Court Who Appoints
Guardian over the Person Where ward domiciled
Guardian over the Property Where properties may be found
General Guardians Where ward domiciled AND where
properties may be found
What are the Philippine rules on the petition for appointment of guardians?
1. If the ward is a resident – relative, friend or other person on behalf of
the resident minor or incompetent or the minor himself if 14 years of
age or over
2. If the ward is a non-resident (but has estate in the Philippines) –
relative, friend, any one interested in his estate
citizen or a subject
(c) Protective theory – any state whose
national interests may be jeopardized
has jurisdiction so that it may protect
itself
(d) Real theory – any state whose penal
code has been violated has
jurisdiction, whether the crime was
committed inside or outside its
territory
(e) Cosmopolitan or Universality theory
– the state where the criminal is found
or which has his custody has
jurisdiction
(f) Passive Personality theory – the state
of which the victim is a citizen or
subject has jurisdiction
Can you sue the mother corporation for acts of local corporations?
According to ma’am, first determine whether mother corporation and local
corporation are really separate entitles (pierce corporate veil)
If they are separate entities, you cannot sue BUT if they are just one entity (same
payroll, same advertising), you can sue the mother corporation provided you
acquire jurisdiction over the latter
What is Domestication?
Process whereby a state effects a change in the status of the foreign corporation,
at least in legal effect