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    Judge Ferdinand J. Marcos was accused by his wife and children in 1996 of failing to support the family and having an illicit relationship with a law student. In 2000, the Chief Justice discovered Judge Marcos openly admitting to living with a woman named Mae Tacaldo for three years. Evidence showed Judge Marcos was living at the address of his alleged mistress and they shared a vehicle registration and insurance policy. The court found Judge Marcos violated the Code of Judicial Conduct which requires judges behave with propriety at all times to promote public confidence in the judiciary's integrity. As Judge Marcos failed to meet the high standards of morality and decency expected of judges, he was dismissed from service for tarnishing the

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    Judge Ferdinand J. Marcos was accused by his wife and children in 1996 of failing to support the family and having an illicit relationship with a law student. In 2000, the Chief Justice discovered Judge Marcos openly admitting to living with a woman named Mae Tacaldo for three years. Evidence showed Judge Marcos was living at the address of his alleged mistress and they shared a vehicle registration and insurance policy. The court found Judge Marcos violated the Code of Judicial Conduct which requires judges behave with propriety at all times to promote public confidence in the judiciary's integrity. As Judge Marcos failed to meet the high standards of morality and decency expected of judges, he was dismissed from service for tarnishing the

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    Judge Ferdinand J. Marcos was accused by his wife and children in 1996 of failing to support the family and having an illicit relationship with a law student. In 2000, the Chief Justice discovered Judge Marcos openly admitting to living with a woman named Mae Tacaldo for three years. Evidence showed Judge Marcos was living at the address of his alleged mistress and they shared a vehicle registration and insurance policy. The court found Judge Marcos violated the Code of Judicial Conduct which requires judges behave with propriety at all times to promote public confidence in the judiciary's integrity. As Judge Marcos failed to meet the high standards of morality and decency expected of judges, he was dismissed from service for tarnishing the

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    In Re: Judge Ferdinand J.

    Marcos
    A.M. No. 97-2-53-RTC July 6, 2001
    Complainant: Mrs. Rotilla A. Marcos and Her Children
    Respondent: Judge Ferdinand J. Marcos
    FACTS: In 1996, complainant, the wife of respondent Judge Ferdinand J. Marcos,
    and their children filed a complaint against respondent for his failure to sufficiently
    support the family and for having an illicit relationship with a law student.
    Complainants prayed that all remuneration due respondent be directly released to
    them but the complaint was later withdrawn and dismissed.
    In 2000, Chief Justice Hilario Davide recommended for the suspension of
    respondent after a scandalous incident during an exclusive Fun Run sponsored by
    the Philippine Judges Association where respondent brought along a woman. When
    Chief Justice pulled respondent aside to validate the facts about the latter's illicit
    relationship with the woman, respondent candidly admitted that he had been living
    with the woman named Mae Tacaldo, for three (3) years already.
    During investigation, respondent denied all the allegations. However, the
    evidences including a phone bill addressed to the respondent not to their conjugal
    dwelling but to the address of the alleged mistress, a birthday card which read MT
    cares a lot, you know and a vehicle and its insurance policy under the name of
    both the respondent and his alleged mistress, among others, proved respondents
    infidelity. The matter of the illicit relationship was even published in the
    newspapers.
    ISSUE: Whether or not respondent violated the Code of Judicial Conduct
    HELD: YES. Canon 2 of the Code of Judicial Conduct mandates that the conduct of
    a judge must be free of a whiff of impropriety not only with respect to
    his performance of his judicial duties, but also to his behavior outside his sala and
    as a private individual. The Code dictates that a judge, in order to promote public
    confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary, must behave with
    propriety at all times. Being the subject of constant public scrutiny, a judge should
    freely and willingly accept restrictions on conduct that might be viewed as
    burdensome by the ordinary citizen.
    Keeping a mistress is certainly not an act one would expect of a judge who is
    expected to possess the highest standard of morality and decency. If a judge
    fails to have high ethical standards, the confidence and high respect for the
    judiciary diminishes as he represents the judiciary.
    Judge Ferdinand J. Marcos has demonstrated himself to be wanting of moral
    integrity. He has violated the code of Judicial Conduct, which requires every judge
    to be the embodiment of competence, integrity, and independence and to avoid
    the appearance of impropriety in all activities as to promote public confidence in

    the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.


    Having tarnished the image of the Judiciary, respondent was ordered dismissed
    from service.

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