Name at least two (2) exclusions from the following property regimes as enumerated under the Family Code: (a) Absolute community of property (2%) (b) Conjugal partnership of gains (2%) Suggested Answer: (a) The following are excluded from the ACP: 1) Property acquired during the marriage by gratuitous title by either spouse, and the fruits as…
X and Y were in a live-in relationship for the longest time, and were already blessed with a child, Z. They finally decided to get married on March 15, 2020. When X’s parents found about the news, they were thrilled and thus, donated in favor of Z, the family heirloom, particularly, a gold ring valued…
F, a Filipina, married J, a Japanese, in the Philippines. After three (3) years, they had a falling out and thus, separated. Soon after, F initiated a divorce petition in Japan which was not opposed by J because under Japanese law, a grant of divorce will capacitate him to remarry. F’s divorce petition was then…
Mr. Reyes is legally married to Mrs. Reyes. During the subsistence of their marriage, Mr. Reyes cohabited with another woman, Ms. Cruz. Out of Mr. Reyes and Ms. Cruz’s illicit relationship, a child named C was born. In C’s birth certificate, “Cruz” appears as the child’s surname, although Mr. Reyes expressly acknowledged C as his…
H and W were married in 1990. H, being a member of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), was deployed to a rebel-infested area in 1992. Since then, W has not heard from her husband, H. One day, the AFP informed W that H had been declared missing since 1995. In consequence, W diligently…
In January 2018, Mrs. A, a married woman on her sixth (6th) month of pregnancy, was crossing a street when she was suddenly hit by a car being recklessly driven by Mr. X. As a result, Mrs. A sustained serious injuries and further, suffered an unintentional abortion. Mrs. A was hospitalized for two (2) months,…
Pursuant to his power under Sec. 278(g) (263(g)) of the Labor Code, the Secretary of Labor assumed jurisdiction over the 3-day old strike in Armor Steel Plates, Inc., one of the country’s bigger manufacturers of steel plates, and ordered all the striking employees to return to work. The striking employees ignored the order to return…
A. Given that the liability for an illegal strike is individual, not collective, state when the participating union officers and members may be terminated from employment because of the illegal strike. Explain your answer. (4%) B. A sympathetic strike is stoppage of work to make common cause with other strikers in another establishment or business….
Juanito initiated a case for illegal dismissal against Mandarin Company. The Labor Arbiter decided in his favor, and ordered his immediate reinstatement with full backwages and without loss of seniority and other benefits. Mandarin Company did not like to allow him back in its premises to prevent him from influencing his co-workers to move against…
The modes of determining the exclusive bargaining agent of the employees in a business are: (a) voluntary recognition; (b) certification election; and (c) consent election. Explain how they differ from one another. (4%) B. Marcel was the Vice President for Finance and Administration and a member of the Board of Directors of Mercedes Corporation. He…