REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 7 JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH . CEBU CITY IN THE MATTER OF: DECLARATION OF PRESUMPTIVE DEATH OF ALFRED C. GEONZON SUMMARY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING CASENO. JANNEN A. GEONZON Petitioner x— PETITION Petitioner, JANNEN A. GEONZON is a Filipino citizen, of legal age, and is a resident of Pelaez.St.. Brgy. San Antonio, Cebu City, Philippines; but for purposes of this Petition, she may be served with summons, notices, and other processes of this Honorable Court through her undersigned counsel, at the latter's given office address below. Petitioner's birth certificate is attached to establish her identity as Annex “A”; 1. Petitioner was married on 17 February 1995 to ALFRED C. GEONZON, a Filipino National under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines. The murriage was solemnized by the Hon. Judge GODOFREDO B. QUIAMBAO of San Fernando Cebu, Philippines at the Municipal Hall of San Fernando, Cebu, a securitized NSO copy of the Certificate of Marriage is hereto attached as “Annex B™; 2. As indicated in the Certificate of Marriage, ALFRED C. GEONZON was born in Dumaguete City and at that time his residence was in Pitalo, San Fernando, Cebu; he and herein Petitioner effectively lived together in Pelaez St, Brgy. San Antonio, Cebu City for only about FOUR (4) Page 1of9years and bore children, from the cldest to youngest: Rosean Allison inz Armani D. Geonzon, born Geonzon, born on 20 February 1995: on 26 April 1996; Gianni Ulrike D. Geonzon, born on 05 August 1997; and Howard Lance D. Geonzon, born on 14 March 2004, now respectively 21, 19, 18, & 11 years old. ALFRED C. GEONZON simply disappeared a few hours after Petitioner gave birth to their youngest child, Howard Lance, on 17 March 2004; thence, no trace, not even a shadow is left of him . Almost sixteen (16) years of ABSENCE of ALFRED C. GEONZON is long and hard enough to bear for Petitioner to be left alone and take care of their children; Petitioner needs that Declaration of Presumptive Death while still in her productive years as it is her eamest wish to remarry and have a legitimate complete family of her own — i.e. have for her husband a real responsible man who could provide a decent responsible father image for her children; . It is for the following circumstances that Pctitioncr files this petition for a Declaration of Presumptive Death of ALFRED C. GEONZON upon her well-founded belief that he is already dead, all her diligent, reasonable and honest efforts to locate and find him as her personal circumstances permit in relation to ALFRED C. GEONZON having been in vai CIRCUMSTANCES BEFORE MARRIAGE Pet jer and ALFRED C. GEONZON met sometime in October 1991 during the Departmental Family Day while they were both studying at University of San Carlos. She was in her 2" year ALFRED C. Page 2 of 9GEONZON, in his irregular 1* year. Then, early in the second quarter of 1992, they became sweethearts, 8. Upon graduation in October 1993, Petitioner got employed with a company in Mandaue City as HR Staff and Admin Assistant of Cebu Olympus Marketing, owned by Nicholas Wu; ALFRED C. GEONZON was still continuing his studies, then at his 3 year; 9. In January 1995, ALFRED C. GEONZON proposed marriage to Petitioner: CIRCUMSTANCES DURING MARRIAGE 10 Petitioner bore the brunt of supporting the family from her marriage with ALFRED C. GEONZON on 17 February 1995 up to the time the latter graduated. 11 Jn April 1998, ALFRED C. GRONZON was able to get a work as a seaman at Maersk Incorporated in the United States for a straight period of about five (5) years, but he only provided less than sufficient financial support to Petitioner and their children. During this period, he only communicated by snail mail since cell phones and emails were not in vogue. He came back from abroad on 20 February 2003 but continuing with his profligate and abandoned lifestyle, uncaring about Petitioner and their four (4) children; 12.ALFRED C, GEONZON simply left on 17 March 2004 when their youngest child was yet only in the hospital freshly delivered. Since then, he never came back or even communicated to Petitioner. The latter had to work hard burdened with sustaining her four children for their daily sustenance and for their studies; Page 3 of 9