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    1. Lucita filed for legal separation from William citing repeated physical violence over their 21 year marriage. The regional trial court granted legal separation and the court of appeals affirmed. 2. The Supreme Court denied William's appeal, finding that Lucita provided detailed accounts of abuse, while William only gave general denials. The trial court is in the best position to evaluate witness credibility. 3. Lucita left William due to his abusive conduct, which is justified cause, and does not constitute abandonment under the family code. The Supreme Court affirmed the legal separation.

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    1. Lucita filed for legal separation from William citing repeated physical violence over their 21 year marriage. The regional trial court granted legal separation and the court of appeals affirmed. 2. The Supreme Court denied William's appeal, finding that Lucita provided detailed accounts of abuse, while William only gave general denials. The trial court is in the best position to evaluate witness credibility. 3. Lucita left William due to his abusive conduct, which is justified cause, and does not constitute abandonment under the family code. The Supreme Court affirmed the legal separation.

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    1. Lucita filed for legal separation from William citing repeated physical violence over their 21 year marriage. The regional trial court granted legal separation and the court of appeals affirmed. 2. The Supreme Court denied William's appeal, finding that Lucita provided detailed accounts of abuse, while William only gave general denials. The trial court is in the best position to evaluate witness credibility. 3. Lucita left William due to his abusive conduct, which is justified cause, and does not constitute abandonment under the family code. The Supreme Court affirmed the legal separation.

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    1. Lucita filed for legal separation from William citing repeated physical violence over their 21 year marriage. The regional trial court granted legal separation and the court of appeals affirmed. 2. The Supreme Court denied William's appeal, finding that Lucita provided detailed accounts of abuse, while William only gave general denials. The trial court is in the best position to evaluate witness credibility. 3. Lucita left William due to his abusive conduct, which is justified cause, and does not constitute abandonment under the family code. The Supreme Court affirmed the legal separation.

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    ONG vs ONG ONG ENG KIAM a.k.a. WILLIAM ONG vs LUCITA G.

    ONG 505 SCRA 76 (Legal Separation; Repeated Physical Violence) AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.: FACTS: 1. July 13, 1975, Ong Eng Kiam, also known as William Ong (William) and Lucita G. Ong (Lucita) were married at the San Agustin Church in Manila. They have three children: Kingston, Charleston, and Princeton. 2. March 21, 1996, Lucita filed a Complaint for Legal Separation under Article 55 par. (1) of the Family Code before the Regional Trial Court of Dagupan City, Branch 41 alleging that her life with William was marked by physical violence, threats, intimidation and grossly abusive conduct. 3. After three years of marriage William would shout invectives at her, slap her, kick her, pull her hair, bang her head against concrete wall and throw at her whatever he could reach with his hand because of petty things regarding their children or their business. 4. December 9, 1995, after she protested with Williams decision to allow their eldest son Kingston to go to Bacolod, William slapped her and on December 14, 1995, she asked him to bring Kingston back from Bacolod, a violent quarrel ensued. William hit her on different parts of her body and pointed a gun at her and asked her to leave the house. She went to her sisters house in Binondo and was brought to their parents house in Dagupan. She went to her parents doctor, Dr. Vicente Elinzano for treatment of her injuries the next day. 5. January 5, 1998, the RTC rendered its Decision decreeing legal separation with all the legal effects attendant thereto, particularly the dissolution and liquidation of the conjugal partnership properties. 6. October 8, 2001, William appealed to the CA which affirmed in toto the RTC decision. 7. April 26, 2002, William filed a motion for reconsideration which was denied by the CA. ISSUE: 1. Whether CA erred in disregarding clear evidence that the petition for legal separation was instituted by the private respondent for the sole purpose of removing from petitioner the control and ownership of their conjugal properties and to transfer the same to private respondents family. HELD: 1. SC cannot review factual findings on appeal, especially when they are borne out by the records or are based on substantial evidence. 2. As between the detailed accounts given for Lucita and the general denial for William, SC gives more weight to those of the former. SC gives a great amount of consideration to the assessment of the trial court regarding the credibility of witnesses as trial court judges enjoy the unique opportunity of observing the deportment of witnesses on the stand, a vantage point denied appellate tribunals. 3. There truly exists a ground for legal separation, a cause so strong, that Lucita had to seek redress from the courts. As aptly stated by the RTC, it would be unthinkable for her to throw away twenty years of relationship, abandon the comforts of her home and be separated from her children whom she loves, if there exists no cause.

    4. Also without merit is the argument of William that since Lucita has abandoned the family, a decree of legal separation should not be granted, following Art. 56, par. (4) of the Family Code which provides that legal separation shall be denied when both parties have given ground for legal separation. The abandonment referred to is abandonment without justifiable cause for more than one year. 5. As it was established that Lucita left William due to his abusive conduct, such does not constitute abandonment contemplated by the said provision. SC Court has no reason but to affirm the findings of the RTC and the CA, and grant her the relief she is entitled to under the law. WHEREFORE, the petition is DENIED for lack of merit. Costs against petitioner.

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