Friday, September 16, 2016

AFFIDAVIT OF BEING SINGLE

Note:
This is only a sample Affidavit of Being Single format. 

The execution of this Affidavit is one of the requirements for the Application for Admission in Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).


Republic of the Philippines)
_____________                      )  Sc.

AFFIDAVIT OF BEING SINGLE


        I, AAA A AAA, of legal age, Filipino, with residence address at _____________________________________, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, do hereby depose and say, that:

1.         I have never contracted any marriage in the Philippines or elsewhere and I remain SINGLE to this very day and hour;

2.         I have no child born at the time of the execution of this Affidavit;

3.         I am executing this Affidavit for the purpose of complying with the requirements in connection to my application with Armed Forces of the Philippines;

4.         I declare that the statements made in this affidavit are true and correct and I am willing to bear all the legal responsibilities arising therefrom. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ____________ day of __________________ at the __________________________.


AAA A.AAA
Affiant

JURAT

         SUBCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me this ___________ day of September 2016 at the City of ____________, affiant exhibiting  his Government Issued ID No. _____________________, issued on _________________ in the City of ___________, Philippines.


NOTARY PUBLIC

Doc No. ________;
Page No. _______;
Book No. ________;

Series of 2016.

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

HOLIDAYS FOR 2016

The following were declared by virtue of Proclamation No. 1105, s. 2015, unless otherwise specified:
January 1, 2016, Friday – New Year’s Day (Regular holiday)
January 2, 2016, Saturday – Additional special non-working day
February 8, 2016, Monday – Chinese New Year (Special non-working day)
February 25, 2016 – EDSA People Power Revolution (Special non-working day by virtue ofProclamation No. 1071, s. 2015)
March 24, 2016 – Maundy Thursday (Regular holiday)
March 25, 2016 – Good Friday (Regular holiday)
March 26, 2016 – Black Saturday (Special non-working day)
April 9, 2016, Saturday – Araw ng Kagitingan (Regular holiday)
May 1, 2016, Sunday – Labor Day (Regular holiday)
May 9, 2016, Monday – The national and local elections (special public non-working holiday by virtue of Proclamation No. 1254, s. 2016)
June 12, 2016, Sunday – Independence Day (Regular holiday)
August 21, 2016, Sunday – Ninoy Aquino Day (Special non-working day)
August 29, 2016, Monday – National Heroes Day (Regular holiday)
October 31, 2016, Monday – Additional special non-working day
November 1, 2016, Tuesday – All Saints Day (Special non-working day)
November 30, 2016, Wednesday – Bonifacio Day (Regular holiday)
December 24, 2016, Saturday – Additional special non-working day
December 25, 2016, Sunday – Christmas Day (Regular holiday)
December 30, 2016, Friday – Rizal Day (Regular holiday)
December 31, 2016, Saturday – Additional special non-working day


Source: http://www.gov.ph/2015/08/26/nationwide-holidays-2016/

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Sample Deed of Donation

This is only a sample DEED OF DONATION format.  It could be subject to modifications to suit the purpose/s of its execution and requirements of the parties.  It is advisable that before an execution of any legal document, one must seek legal advice or assistance from a Lawyer.

Legal Notes:
Donation is an act of liberality whereby a person disposes gratuitously of a thing or right in favor of another, who accepts it.

When a person gives to another a thing or right on account of the latter's merits or of the services rendered by him to the donor, provided they do not constitute a demandable debt, or when the gift imposes upon the donee a burden which is less than the value of the thing given, there is also a donation.
(Article 725-726, Civil Code of the Philippines)


DEED OF DONATION

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This Deed of Donation is made and executed by and between:

________________________, single/married to ________________ and with residence and postal address at ___________________________________, and hereinafter referred to as the “DONOR”;

- and –

________________________, single/married to _______________________, Filipino, and with residence and postal address at ___________________________________,  herein referred to as the “DONEE”.


WITNESSETH, THAT:

  1. The DONOR is registered owner of a parcel of land located at ______________________________, with area of more or less _______sq.m. and covered by TCT No. ___________ of the Registry of Deeds of ____________, and  more particularly described as follows:

(please indicate the technical description here)


  1. The DONEE is the nephew of the DONOR, who has been the latter’s dedicated and unselfish companion and personal caregiver for the last ten (10) years;

  1. FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the all the unselfish help, trust, fidelity, and affection shown by the DONEE to the DONOR, and as an act of gratitude and liberality on her part, the DONOR hereby voluntarily GIVES, TRANSFERS, and CONVEYS by way of donation, unto the DONEE, her heirs, assigns, and successors-in-interest, the above described realty, together with all the improvements found thereon, free from all liens, encumbrances and charges of whatever kind;

  1. The DONOR affirms that this donation is not made with intent to defraud her creditors, and that she has sufficient funds and property reserved for herself and her legal obligations;

  1. The DONEE hereby accepts and receives this donation made in her favor by the DONOR, and hereby manifests his gratefulness for the latter’s generosity and liberality.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this ____day of _____________  2015, in the ________________________, Philippines.

____________________
DONOR


With My Acceptance:


____________________
DONEE


Signed in the Presence of:

___________________                             _________________


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
______________________) Sc.


BEFORE ME, a Notary Public, for and in the ___________________, personally appeared the following and presented their respective Government identification Cards:

Name
Government Issued ID
Date and Place of Issue








known to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing DEED OF DONATION with DONEE’s acceptance and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same as their free and voluntary act and deed.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing document consists of 3 pages including this page, and that the parties and their witnesses signed their names on each page of this instrument.

WITNESS MY HAND AND NOTARIAL SEAL on this day of _________, 2015 in ___________.
                                                                                                                                                            NOTARY PUBLIC




Doc. No.   _______
Page No.   _______
Book No.  ________
Series of 2015.


Thursday, June 16, 2016

Sample Affidavit of Loss (Driver's License)


Republic of the Philippines)                                       Quezon City                        ) Sc.


AFFIDAVIT OF LOSS 



            I,         JUAN P. DELA CRUZ, Filipino, of legal age, single and with residence and postal address at Unit 105 Silver Place Townhouse,  Mango Circle, Quezon City, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby depose and state that:

1.      Sometime in December 18, 2012, I was looking for my Driver’s License;

2.    I have looked everywhere to find my Driver’s License but it was nowhere to be found;

3.      Diligent efforts to locate the same was exerted but it proved futile; 

    4.     I am executing this affidavit to attest to the truthfulness of the foregoing facts and for what legal intents and purposes it may serve.

AFFIANT FURTHER SAYETH NAUGHT.

 JUAN P. DELA CRUZ
   Affiant                       
                                                


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of December 2014 at Quezon, City, Philippines.


                                                  JUAN P. DELA CRUZ
                        Affiant

JURAT

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 23rd day of December 2014, affiant personally appeared and exhibited to me his Philippine Passport No. EB-1234567 issued on July 16, 2012 in Manila, Philippines.

NOTARY PUBLIC

Doc.  No.: _____;
Page No.: _____;
Book No.: _____;

Series of 20_____.

Monday, May 30, 2016

SAMPLE FORMAL ENTRY OF APPEARANCE

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
4th Judicial Region
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
Branch 38
 Biñan, Laguna


AAA


Plaintiff,


Civil Case No. B-9678
-versus-


For: NULLITY OF MORTGAGE AND FORECLOSURE
BBB,

Defendant.


x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x


FORMAL ENTRY OF APPEARANCE FOR BBB (DEFENDANT)

The DEFENDANT, by and through the undersigned counsel and unto this Honorable Court, most respectfully avers that:

1.                  Due to heavy workload on other equally important cases, counsel on record, Atty. LLL hereto delegates this case to the undersigned counsel, Atty. MMM;

2.                  The undersigned counsel now represents the Defendant BBB.  Hence, it is requested that all notices, pleadings orders, decision and other processes of this Honorable Court in the case at bar be furnished at the same address herein stated.

P R A Y E R

          WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is most respectfully prayed that the formal entry of appearance of the undersigned counsel for the Defendant be noted.

          Other reliefs that are just and equitable are also likewise prayed for.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.

Makati City for City of Biñan, Laguna, 18 June 2014.




By:



ATTY. MMM
123 Strawberry St., Caramel Village, Makati City
Contact No. 02-8118990
IBP No. 9111189 / 01-15-2014 / Makati City
PTR No. 8212135 / 01-15-2014/ Makati City
Roll of Attorney’s No. 80527
MCLE Compliance No. V-0054010



Copy Furnished:


PPP, QQQ, & ASSOCIATES
Atty. PPP
Counsel for the Plaintiffs
Suite 109, Butternut Tower
Sansrival Village, Alabang

Muntinlupa City

Thursday, May 5, 2016

RENVOI OF CASE RECORDS




            “Basically, a case once raffled to a branch belongs to that branch unless reraffled or otherwise transferred to another branch in accordance with established procedure. When the Presiding Judge of that branch to which a case has been raffled or assigned is transferred to another station, he leaves behind all the cases he tried with the branch to which they belong. He does not take these cases with him even if he tried them and the same were submitted to him for decision. The judge who takes over this branch inherits all these cases and assumes full responsibility for them. He may decide them as they are his cases, unless any of the parties moves that his case be decided by the judge who substantially heard the evidence and before whom the case was submitted for decision. If a party therefore so desires, he may simply address his request or motion to the incumbent Presiding Judge who shall then endorse the request to the Office of the Court Administrator so that the latter may in turn endorse the matter to the judge who substantially heard the evidence and before whom the case was submitted for decision.

This will avoid the "renvoir" of records and the possibility of an irritant between the judges concerned, as one may question the authority of the other to transfer the case to the former.” (People of the Philippines vs. Ocfemia, G.R. No. 185383, September 25, 2013.)


CARP AND ZONING ORDINANCE

LAND ALREADY RE-CLASSIFIED UNDER THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS NOT COVERED BY THE CARP 


“Lands already classified and identified as commercial, industrial or residential before June 15, 1988 -- the date of effectivity of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) -- are outside the coverage of this law.  Therefore, they no longer need any conversion clearance from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).” (Junio vs. Garilao, G.R. No. 147146.  July 29, 2005).


                  “Lands previously converted by government agencies, other than DAR, to non-agricultural uses prior to the effectivity of the CARL (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law) were outside the coverage of that law.” (Natalia Realty v. Department of Agrarian Reform, 225 SCRA 278, August 12, 1993.


                  “To be exempt from CARP, all that is needed is one valid reclassification of the land from agricultural to non-agricultural by a duly authorized government agency before June 15, 1988, when the CARL took effect.” (Buklod nang Magbubukid sa Lupaing Ramos, Inc. v. E.M. Ramos and Sons, Inc. G.R. Nos. 131481 & 131624, March 16, 2011)