Ja Ernesto Rizal y Santos

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT


NATIONAL CAPITAL JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 29, CITY OF MANILA

TERESA SANTOS-ISMALI, CIVIL CASE NO. 12345


Petitioner, FOR: NULLITY OF MARRIAGE

versus

ABDULLAH ISMALI aka CARLOS ISMALI,


Respondent.

JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT OF
WITNESS

I, ERNESTO RIZAL Y SANTOS, of legal age, married, and living at_______________________,


petitioner in this case, after having been duly sworn, hereby attests that:

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

The person examining me is Atty. Alleza E. Bagnol with office address at _____________ Taguig City. The
examination is being held at the same address. I am answering her questions fully conscious that I do
so under oath and may face criminal liability for false testimony and perjury.

PURPOSE: This affidavit/testimony of witness ERNESTO RIZAL Y SANTOS is being offered to


prove that the respondent ABDULLAH ISMALI aka CARLOS ISMALI contracted marriage twice,
the first on March 5, 2005, and the second one on January 12, 2014 with petitioner, while the
respondent’s previous marriage with was still valid and has not yet legally dissolved. The
petitioner’s testimony is also offered to prove the legal basis for the declaration of nullity of the
petitioner’s marriage with the respondent, the same being bigamous and therefore VOID.

1. Q. Please state your name and other personal circumstances for the record.
A. I am ERNESTO RIZAL Y SANTOS madam.

2. Q. How are you related with TERESA SANTOS-ISMALI, the petitioner in this case?
A. I am the father madam

3. Q. Why did you testify in this court?


A. Because I want to help my daughter madam.

4. Q What is the name of the husband of your daughter?


A. He is ABDULLAH ISMALI aka CARLOS ISMALI madam.

5. Q. How did you meet respondent ABDULLAH ISMALI aka CARLOS ISMALI?
A. When we were introduced by our daughter madam.

6. Q. How did you feel about their relationship?


A. I am disturbed madam.

7. Q. When did your daughter marry his husband?


A. They got married on January 12, 2014.

8. Q. What is your reaction when you discovered they marriage?


A. I was very upset madam.

9. Q. When did her husband approach you to seek your approval for their marriage?
A. About a year before their marriage.

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10. Q. When did they inform you about his marriage?
A.

11. Q. When did you know that your daughter was pregnant?
A.

12. Q: Why did your daughter transfer to Marawi?


A: Because her husband got a new job there.

13. Q: When did your daughter approach you after their marriage?
A:

14. Q: Why did your daughter flew back to Manila and decided to live again with her
family?
A: Because she discovered Abdullah’s previous marriage.

15. Q: What are you asking this court with respect to this case?
A: That their marriage be declared void.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _____ day of 2020 at Manila City.

___________________
Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME, a notary public in and for the city of Manila
this ____th day of ____________ 2020. Affiant personally came and presented to me her ___________________
ID issued by the ________________ on _______ at Manila City, as valid and competent proof of her identity,
known to me as the same person who personally signed the foregoing judicial affidavit before me and
avowed under penalty of law to the veracity of the contents of said instrument.

___________________________________________
Notary Public
Doc. No. ____ Commission Serial No. ____________________________
Page No. ____ Notary Public for Manila City.
Book No. ____ Until December 31, 20__
Series of 2015. Office: ______________(address)____________________
Roll No. __________
IBP Lifetime Roll No. _________; __/__/__ ; Manila City
PTR No. _________ ; __/__/__ ; Manila City
MCLE Compliance Cert. No. __________; __/__/__

SWORN ATTESTATION
I, ATTY. Pat P. Monte, of legal age, Filipino, with office address at ______________________
Taguig City after being duly sworn depose and say:

1. I was the one who conducted the examination of witness TERESA SANTOS-ISMALI at
my afore-stated office.

2. I have faithfully recorded or caused to be recorded the questions I asked and the
corresponding answer that the witness gave;

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3. Neither I nor any other person then present or assisting her coached the witness
regarding her answers;

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ____ day of ____ 2020 at ___________.

ATTY. Pat P. Monte


Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME, a notary public in and for the city of Manila
this ____th day of ____________ 2020. Affiant personally came and presented to me her ___________________
ID issued by the ________________ on 2019 at Cebu City, as valid and competent proof of her identity and
swore to me under oath of the veracity of her allegations.

___________________________________________
Notary Public
Doc. No. ____ Commission Serial No. ____________________________
Page No. ____ Notary Public for Manila City.
Book No. ____ Until December 31, 20__
Series of 2015. Office: ______________(address)____________________
Roll No. __________
IBP Lifetime Roll No. _________; __/__/__ ; Manila City
PTR No. _________ ; __/__/__ ; Cebu City
MCLE Compliance Cert. No. __________; __/__/__

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