JURISDICTION OF COURTS IN CIVIL CASES
SUPREME COURT COURT OF APPEAL
Exclusive original
jurisdiction in petitions
for certiorari, prohibition
and mandamus against
the:
 CA
 COMELEC
 COA
 SANDIGANBAYAN
 CTA
Concurrent original
jurisdiction with the
Court of Appeals in
petitions for certiorari,
prohibition and
mandamus against the:
 RTC
 CSC
 Central Board of
Assessment Appeals
 NLRC
 Quasi-Judicial
Agencies
NOTE: this jurisdiction is
subject to the doctrine of
hierarchy of courts.
Concurrent original
jurisdiction with the
Exclusive original
jurisdiction in actions
for the annulment of the
judgment of the RTC
Concurrent and original
jurisdiction with the SC
to issue writs of certiorari,
prohibition and
mandamus against:
 RTC
 CSC
 Central Board of
Assessment Appeals
 Other quasi-agencies
mentioned in Rule 43
 NLRC
NOTE: the petition for
certiorari against the
NLRC must first be filed
with the CA
Concurrent and original
with the SC and the RTC
REGIONAL TRIAL MUNICIPAL TRIAL FAMILY COURTS
COURT COURT/ MTC/MCTC
Exclusive original Actions for forcible entry Petitions for guardianship, custody of
jurisdiction over actions and unlawful detainer children and habeas corpus involving
the subject matter of children
which is NOT capable of
pecuniary estimation
Exclusive original Exclusive original Petition for adoption for children and
jurisdiction over actions jurisdiction over civil the revocation thereof
involving title to or actions involving title to
possession of real or possession of real
property or an interest property or any interest
therein where the assessed therein where the assessed
value of such property value DOES NOT
EXCEEDS 20,000 EXCEED 20,000
(outside MetroManila), or (outsideMM) or DOES
EXCEEDS 50,000 NOT EXCEED
(MetroManila) 50,000(MM)
Exclusive original Exclusive original Complaints for annulment of
jurisdiction over civil jurisdiction over civil marriage, declaration of nullity of
Court of Appeals and the
Regional Trial Courts in
petitions for certiorari,
prohibition and
mandamus against lower
courts and bodies and in
petitions for quo
warranto and habeas
corpus. This jurisdiction
is subject to the doctrine
of hierarchy of courts
Concurrent original
jurisdiction with the
Regional Trial Court in
cases affecting
ambassadors, public
ministers and consuls
Appellate jurisdiction by
way of petition for review
on certiorari against :
 CA
 SANDIGANBAYAN
 RTC
and in cases involving the
constitutionality or
validity of a law or treaty,
international or executive
agreement, law,
presidential decree,
proclamation, order,
instruction, ordinance or
regulation, legality of tax,
impost, assessment, toll or
to issue writs of certiorari,
prohibition and
mandamus against lower
courts and bodies and
writs of quo warranto an
habeas corpus, whether or
not in aid of its appellate
jurisdiction
Exclusive appellate
jurisdiction by way of
ordinary appeal from the
RTC and the Family
Courts
Exclusive appellate
jurisdiction by way of
petition for review from
the RTC rendered by the
RTC in the exercise of its
appellate jurisdiction
actions the demand or actions where the demand marriage and those relating to status
claim of which DOES NOT EXCEED and property relations of husband and
EXCEEDS 300,000 300,000 (outsideMM), or wife or those living together under
(outside MM), or DOES NOT EXCEED different status and agreements, and
EXCEEDS 400,000 400,000(MM), which petitions for dissolution of conjugal
(MM) excludes: I-D-A-L-C partnership of gains
 Interest
 Damages of whatever
kind
 Atty’s fees
 Litigation expenses
 costs
Exclusive original Exclusive original Petitions for support and/or
jurisdiction over actions jurisdiction over actions acknowledgement
in admiralty or maritime involving personal
jurisdiction where the property valued AT NOT
demand or claim MORE THAN 300,000
EXCEEDS 300,000 (outsideMM), or DOES
(outsideMM), or NOT EXCEED
EXCEEDS 400,000(MM) 400,000(MM)
Exclusive original Cases of admiralty and Summary judicial proceedings
jurisdiction over matters maritime where the brought under that provisions of EO
of probate, testate or demand or claim DOES 209 (Family Code of the Philippines)
intestate, where the gross NOT EXCEED 300,000
value of the estate (outsideMM), or DOES
EXCEEDS 300,000 NOT EXCEED
(outsideMM), or 400,000(MM)
EXCEEDS 400,000
(MM)
penalty, jurisdiction of a
lower court
 CTA in its decisions
rendered en banc
Exclusive appellate
jurisdiction by way of
petition for review from
the decisions, resolutions
orders or awards of the
CSC, CBAA and other
bodies mentioned in
RULE 43 and of the
Office of the Ombudsman
in administrative
disciplinary cases
NOTE: Judgments of the
CTA rendered en banc are
appealable to the SC
Exclusive appellate
jurisdiction over
decisions of MTC in
cadastral/ land registration
cases pursuant to its
delegated jurisdiction
Exclusive original Exclusive original Petitions for declaration of status of
jurisdiction over actions jurisdiction over probate children as abandoned, dependent or
involving personal proceedings, testate and neglected children, petitions for
property valued AT intestate, where the gross voluntary/ involuntary commitment
MORE THAN 300,000 value of the estate DOES of children, the suspension,
(outsideMM), or AT NOT EXCEED 300, 000 termination or restoration of parental
MORE THAN 400,000 (outsideMM), or DOES authority and other cases cognizable
(MM) NOT EXCEED under PD 603, EO 56 and other
400,000(MM) related laws
Original exclusive Delegated jurisdiction Petitions for the constitution of the
jurisdiction over cases over cadastral and land family home
NOT falling within the registration cases
jurisdiction of any court, covering lots where:
tribunal, person or body  There’s no controversy
exercising judicial or or opposition
quasi-judicial functions  If lad is contested, the
value of which DOES
NOT EXCEED 100,000
as may be delegated by
the SC
Concurrent and original Special jurisdiction over NOTE: In areas where there are NO
jurisdiction with the SC petitions for habeas Family Courts, the above enumerated
in actions affecting corpus in the absence of cases shall be adjudicated by the
ambassadors, other public all the RTC judges in the RTC.
ministers and consuls province or city
Concurrent and original
jurisdiction with the SC
and the CA in petitions
for certiorari, prohibition
and mandamus against
lower courts and bodies
and in petitions for quo
warranto and habeas
corpus
Appellate jurisdiction
over cases decided by
lower courts in their
respective territorial
jurisdictions
NOTE: the decisions of
the RTC in the exercise of
its appellate jurisdiction
shall be appealable by
petition for review to the
CA