JURISDICTION IN CIVIL CASES

AID TO MEMORY
SUPREME COURT:
A.
O riginal
1. E xclusive
a. P etitions for certiorari, prohibition
or mandamus against;
C
(1)CA;
C
(2)CTA; court of tax appeals
S
(3)SAN; sandiganbayan
C
(4)CoE;
C
(5)COA;
2. C uncurrent
a. W ith the CA
(1) P
a. RTC;
R
b. CSC;
C
c. CBAA; central board of assessment appeals
C
d. NLRC;
N
e. OQJA; other quasi-judicial agencies
b. W ith the CA and RTC
(1) P court of first level and other
bodies; and
(2) PET itions for habeas corpus
and quo warranto
c. W ith the RTC
(1) A ctions against ambassadors
other public ministers and consuls
B. A ppellate
1. PET itions for review on certiorari
against;
a. CA;
C
b. CTA;
C
c. SAN;
S
R
d. RTC;
1. C onstitutionality or validity
of a Treaty, International or
Executive Agreement, Law,
T IEA
Presidential
Decree,
PD P
Proclamation,
Order,
O I O
Instruction, Ordinance, or
Regulation;
2. L egality of a Tax, Impost,
Assessment,
Toll,
or
a
TIA
Penalty in relation thereto;
TP
3. J
urisdiction of a lower
court;
4. O nly errors or questions of
law
COURT OF APPEALS:
A. O riginal

1. E xclusive
a. Actions for annulment of
judgments of RTC
2. Concurrent
a. W ith SC
(1) P
b. a. RTC;
R
c. b. CSC;
C
d. c. CBAA; central board of assessment
C
N

appeals

e. d. NLRC;
f. e. OQJA; other quasi-judicial agencies
b. W ith SC and RTC
(1) P court of first level
and other bodies; and
(2) PET itions for habeas
corpus and quo warranto

B. A ppellate
1. O rdinary Appeals from:
a. RTC
EXPT
in
cases
exclusively appealable to SC
supra and;
b. F amily Courts
2. A ppeal by petition for review
from:
C
a. CSC;
C
b. CBAA;
S
c. SEC;
L
d. LRA; land registration authority
O
e. SSC; social security commission
C
f. OP; office of the president
B
g. CAB; civil aeronautics board
h.
BIPO; bureau under intellectual property
N

E
N
D
G
E
A
I
P
B
C
O
A

office

i. NEA; national electrification administration

j. ERB; energy regulatory board
national
telecommunications
k. NTC;
commission

l. DAR;
m. GSIS;
n.
ECC; employees compensation commission
o.
AIB; agricultural inventions board
p. IC; insurance commission
q. PAEC; Philippine atomic energy commission
r. BI; board of investments
s. CIAC; construction industry arbitration
commission

t.

OO

office of the ombudsman in administrative

disciplinary cases

u. Any
other
quasi-judicial
agency,
instrumentality,
board or commission in the
exercise of its quasi-judicial

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such
as
voluntary
arbitrations
3. PET itions for review from RTC
in cases appealed thereto from
the lower courts
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
A. O riginal
1. E xclusive
a. Actions
not
capable
of
pecuniary estimation;
b. Actions involving title to or
possession of real property
where the value of such
property EXCEEDS 20K, 50K in
AP
Metro Manila EXPT: Forcible
entry and unlawful detainer;
AR
c. Actions in admiralty and
maritime jurisdictions where
the claim EXCEEDS 300K,
AA
400K Metro Manila;
d. Matters of probate testate or
M
intestate where the gross
P
value of estate EXCEEDS
300K, 400K in Metro Manila;
CN
e. Cases
NOT
within
the
E
exclusive jurisdiction of any
court, tribunal, person or body
AS
exercising judicial or quasijudicial fx;
E
f. Actions
and
Special
Proceedings w/n the exclusive
jurisdiction of the CAR now
provided by law;
g. Other
case
where
the
demand,
EXCLUSIVE
of
interest, damages, attorneys
fees, litigation expenses, and
costs or the value of property
EXCEEDS 300K, 400K in Metro
Manila
2. C oncurrent
a. W ith the SC
(1) Actions
affecting
ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls;
b. W ith the SC and CA
(1) P court of first level and
other bodies; and
(2) PET itions for habeas corpus
and quo warranto
B. A pellate
All cases decided by lower courts in
their respective territorial jurisdictions.

FAMILY COURTS
A. O riginal
1. E xclusive
a. Petitions
for
guardianship,
custody of children, habeas
corpus in relation to the latter;
b. Petitions
for
adoption
of
children and the revocation
thereof;
c. Complaints for annulment of
marriage, declaration of nullity
of marriage and those relating
to marital status and property
relations of husband and wife or
those living together under
different
status
and
agreements, and petitions for
dissolution
of
conjugal
partnership of gains;
d. Petitions for support and/or
acknowledgement;
e. Summary judicial proceedings
brought under the provisions of
E.O 209
f. Petitions for declaration of
status
of
children
as
abandoned,
dependent,
or
neglected children, for the
voluntary
or
involuntary
commitment of children, and for
the suspension, termination,
restoration of prental authority
under P.D 603, E.O 56 and other
related laws;
g. Petitions for the constitution of
the family home;
h. Cases of domestic violence
against women and children, as
defined therein, but which do
not constitute criminal offenses
subject to criminal prosecution
and penalties
METROPOLITAN, MUNICIPAL,
CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS:

MUNICIPAL

A. O riginal
1. E xclusive
a. Actions
involving
personal
property valued at not more
than 300K, 400K in Metro
Manila;
b. Actions demanding sums of
money where the demand,

EXCLUSIVE
of
interest,
damages,
attorneys
fees,
litigation expenses, and costs
value
of
property
not
EXCEEDING 300K, 400K in
Metro Manila;
c. Actions
in
admiralty
and
maritime jurisdictions where the
claim NOT EXCEEDING 300K,
400K Metro Manila EXCLUSIVE
of interest, damages, attorneys
fees, litigation expenses, and
costs value of property;
d. Matters of probate testate or
intestate where the gross value
of estate DOES NOT EXCEED
300K, 400K in Metro Manila;
e. Forcible entry and unlawful
detainer;
f. Actions involving title to or
possession of real property
where the value of such
property DOS NOT EXCEED 20K,
50K in Metro Manila EXCLUSIVE
of interest, damages, attorneys
fees, litigation expenses, and
costs value of property;

g. Provisional remedies where the

principal action is within their
jurisdiction
2. D elegated
a. Cadastral or land registration
cases covering lots here there
is no controversy or opposition,
or contested lots the value of
which DOES NOT EXCEED 100K
as may be assigned by SC
3. S pecial
a. Petitions for habeas corpus in
the absence of all the RTC in
the province/city;
4. S ummary Procedure
a. Forcible entry and unlawful
detainer irrespective of the
amount of damages or unpaid
rentals sought to be recovered;
b. All other court cases except
probate proceedings where the
total claim does not exceed
10K, exclusive of interest and
costs.