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    Case Digest: Joaquin V. Reyes

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    1) Respondents filed a complaint alleging that the deceased Rodolfo Reyes had an illicit relationship that resulted in children, including the petitioner Joaquin, and that funds used to purchase a property for Joaquin were the conjugal funds and earnings of Reyes. 2) The issue was whether the ruling on the filiation and successional rights of Joaquin's children was correct. 3) The Court held that the status of an illegitimate child claiming to be an heir cannot be adjudicated in an ordinary civil case like this one for recovery of property, but must be determined in the proper probate court in a special proceeding to determine such rights.

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    1) Respondents filed a complaint alleging that the deceased Rodolfo Reyes had an illicit relationship that resulted in children, including the petitioner Joaquin, and that funds used to purchase a property for Joaquin were the conjugal funds and earnings of Reyes. 2) The issue was whether the ruling on the filiation and successional rights of Joaquin's children was correct. 3) The Court held that the status of an illegitimate child claiming to be an heir cannot be adjudicated in an ordinary civil case like this one for recovery of property, but must be determined in the proper probate court in a special proceeding to determine such rights.

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    1) Respondents filed a complaint alleging that the deceased Rodolfo Reyes had an illicit relationship that resulted in children, including the petitioner Joaquin, and that funds used to purchase a property for Joaquin were the conjugal funds and earnings of Reyes. 2) The issue was whether the ruling on the filiation and successional rights of Joaquin's children was correct. 3) The Court held that the status of an illegitimate child claiming to be an heir cannot be adjudicated in an ordinary civil case like this one for recovery of property, but must be determined in the proper probate court in a special proceeding to determine such rights.

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    CASE DIGEST: JOAQUIN V.

    REYES
    Published by bigboy on December 29, 2013 | Leave a response

    Joaquin v. Reyes
    G.R. No. 154645, July 13, 2004

    FACTS:

    Respondents filed a Complaint for reconveyance and damages, dated January 23, 1982,
    before the Court of First Instance of Rizal, containing the following allegations:

    a. Lourdes P. Reyes was the widow of Rodolfo A. Reyes who died on September 12, 1981.
    b. Respondents Mercedes, Manuel, Miriam and Rodolfo, Jr. were the legitimate children of
    respondent Lourdes P. Reyes and the deceased Rodolfo A. Reyes;
    c. That 4 years before his death, Rodolfo A. Reyes had illicitrelations with petitioner Milagros B.
    Joaquino and such relationship bore children
    d. Before his death, Rodolfo A. Reyes was Vice President and Comptroller of Warner Barnesand
    Company with an income of P15,000.00 a month and, after retirement on September 30, 1980,
    received from said company benefits and emoluments in the amount of P315,011.79; that
    respondent wife was not the recipient of any portion of the said amount.
    e. On July 12, 1979, a Deed of Saleof a property consisting of a house and lot at BF Homes,
    Parañaque, Metro Manila was executed by the spouses Ramiro Golez and Corazon Golez in favor
    of petitioner Milagros B. Joaquino
    f. The funds used to purchase this property were conjugalfunds and earnings of the deceased
    Rodolfo A. Reyes as executive of Warner Barnesand Company as petitioner Joaquin was without
    the means to pay for the same;
    g. Petitioner executed a Special Power of Attorney in favor of Rodolfo A. Reyes to mortgage the
    property in order to pay the balance of the purchase price;

    It was petitioner’s submission that her children are entitled to a share in the disputed
    property, because they were voluntarily acknowledged by Rodolfo as his children.

    ISSUE:

    Whether or not the ruling on the filiation and the successional rights of petitioner’s
    children was correct.

    RULING:

    No. The Court held that the status of an illegitimate child who claimed to be an heir to a
    decedent’s estate could not be adjudicated in an ordinary civil action which, as in this
    case, was for the recovery of property.

    Matters relating to the rights of filiation and heirship must be ventilated in the proper
    probate court in a special proceeding instituted precisely for the purpose of determining
    such rights. In Agapay v. Palang, the Court held that the status of an illegitimate child who
    claimed to be an heir to a decedent’s estate could not be adjudicated in an ordinary civil
    action which, as in this case, was for the recovery of property

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