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Facts:
Petitioner Alicia Reyes Van is citizen of the Philippines while private respondent
Richard Upton is a citizen of the United States, were married on 1972 at Hongkong.
On 1982, they got divorced in Nevada, United States; and the petitioner remarried
to Theodore Van Dorn.
On July 8, 1983, private respondent filed suit against petitioner, asking that the
petitioner be ordered to render an accounting of her business in Ermita, Manila,
and be declared with right to manage the conjugal property. Petitioner moved to
dismiss the case on the ground that the cause of action is barred by previous
judgement in the divorce proceeding before Nevada Court where respondent
acknowledged that they had no community property. The lower court denied the motion
to dismiss on the ground that the property involved is located in the Philippines,
that the Divorce Decree has no bearing in the case. Respondent avers that Divorce
Decree abroad cannot prevail over the prohibitive laws of the Philippines.
Issue:
(1) Whether or not the divorce obtained the spouse valid to each of them.
(2) Whether or not Richard Upton may assert his right on conjugal properties.
Held: