REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

National Capital Judicial Region

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
BRANCH _____
ANTIPOLO CITY

HAZEL IVY RODEJO-BALDO,

Petitioner,

-versus- Case No. ____________

For: Declaration of
Nullity of Marriage under
Article 36 of the Family
Code

GERARD ERVIN B. BALDO,

Respondent.
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PETITION
PETITIONER, through the undersigned counsel, and unto
this Honorable Court, most respectfully alleges that:

1. Petitioner HAZEL IVY RODEJO- BALDO is a

Filipino citizen, 38 years old, and married to Respondent. She
is presently residing at _________________. For purposes of
this petition, she may be served with notices and other
pertinent processes of this Honorable Court through counsel
at Unit 607 Integrated Professional Office Building, 14 Quezon
Avenue, Quezon City. A copy of the Certification issued by
_______________, Barangay Chairman of Barangay
____________________, attesting to the fact that Petitioner is a
resident thereof is attached as ANNEX “A”.

2. Respondent GERARD ERVIN B. BALDOis a Filipino

citizen,38 years old, married, and presently residing at No. 29
Judge Jimenez St., Barangay Kamuning, Quezon City, where
he may be served with notices and other pertinent processes of
this Honorable Court.

3. Petitioner and Respondent were married on March

12, 2002, at the Legaspi City Hall, Bicol. A copy of the

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Marriage Contract executed by Petitioner and Respondent is
attached as ANNEX “B”.

4. The said marriage produced twochildren named

Max Denzel Gabriel Baldo, who was born on August 12, 2002
and Kristiana Gabriela Baldo, who was born on December 23,
2007.Both children are presently in the custody of the
Petitioner (please confirm).A copy of their Birth
Certificatesareattached as ANNEX “C” and “C-1”.

5. Petitioner and Respondent are currently separated

in-fact and have been so since January 2008 (please
confirm)when Respondent left the conjugal dwelling.

THE PARTIES

The Petitioner

6. Petitioner was born on August 12, 1979 in Tabaco,

Albay.

7. She describes her father as a silent type of person.

He seldom gets angry with his children, is very soft-spoken.

8. She and her siblings, however, barely grew up with

their father around as he was always at work.

9. Petitioner and her siblings grew up with their

uncles, aunts, grandparents in the province.

10. Petitioner describes her mother as the opposite of

her father. She describes her as noisy, tactless, and speaks
her mind.

11. Petitioner’s mother gave birth at a very young age.

After giving birth, she decided to return to school and continue
her education, until she graduated from college. Thus, like
their father, their mother was not always around when they
were young.

12. Petitioner describes her father as responsible when

it comes to sending them all to school and her mother was

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occasionally hands on to all of them when she was able to
spare some time from her school work.

13. Petitioner spent her elementary days in the Bicol

province, with her elder sister in their grandparent’s house.
Petitioner and her siblings grew up around their aunts and
uncles.

14. Petitioner’s parents moved to Manila when

petitioner was about 8 years old. Her father had to work in
Manila then. Petitioner stayed in Bicol until she finished the
5th grade.

15. Petitioner’s father went to Saudi Arabia when

petitioner was in Grade 6. It was around this period when she
and her siblings relocated to Manila.

16. Petitioner did well in school, she was always in the

top ten of the class. When she was in high school, petitioner
got accelerated. She finished High School in three years.

17. Petitioner went to college at the

PamantasanngLungsodngMaynila. She took up B.S. Biology
although this was not her chosen course. Petitionerwas a late
enrollee there were only a few courses left, hence, she opted to
enroll in this course.

18. Petitioner went to college at a very early age (13

years old), which caused her to be a bit overwhelmed. She did
not take college seriously, thinking that she was smarter than
most and given the fact that she was the youngest in her
batch on account of her acceleration in High School.

19. It was in college that Petitioner learned to have a

“barkada”, took up smoking and drinking. She got kicked out
of PLM because of her failed grades. She stopped going to
school for a year, blaming her failure on everyone else around
her, including her parents.

20. She left home and decided to live by herself. During

that time, she worked at a fastfood chain. After a year, she
decided to finish school and enrolled at Emilio Aguinaldo
College where she obtained her BS Biology Degree. She
narrates that she barely sought any help from her parents

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when she went back to school and graduated college on her
own efforts.

The Respondent

21. Respondent Gerard Ervin B. Baldo was born on

January 30, 1980. He was the middle child among the five
children of Ervin Baldo and Cynthia Sotooka, who separated
when their children were still young.

22. Respondent’s mother was domineering and she

loves to go out with friends and socialize, while his father was
the quiet type.

23. His parents separated because his father wanted

his mother to be a stay home wife but the later refused.

24. Their mother got married to a Japanese and had

two other children from this marriage. She prioritized her
friends more than her children, which was why, after they
separated, and her Japanese husband went to the United
States, respondent was brought to and grew up with his
maternal grandmother’s sister, Auntie Ela, who pampered him
and gave him whatever he desired.

25. Respondent’s siblings grew up with their paternal

grandmother, who also pampered them, and gave them
whatever they desired. Respondent’s mother tolerated the
actuations of her children. Respondent and his siblings grew
up to be very close to each other even if their parents weren’t
always around, since they were both busy with their lives.

26. Respondent was naughty when he was growing up.

He didn’t take school seriously. He went to a public
elementary school in Camalig, and was a regular student who
would just go to school for the sake of going to school.

27. Respondent was unable to finish his college degree

in dentistry because he moved to Manila, fell in love and lived
in with a woman when he was only 18. However, his older
brothers were able to finish their respective degrees in Bicol.

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 28. Respondent was the quiet type, he did not complain
much and he does not openly speak his mind. His eldest
brother, Bimbo, has the strongest personality. He speaks his
mind and is very decisive. Bimbo adores respondent and
respondent looks up to his older brother. Alvin, the 2ndsibling
is the most independent.Bimbo grew up with his paternal
grandmother, while Respondent grew up with his maternal
grand aunt. Alvin did not have a particular home that he grew
up in. But Alvin was the closest to their father

29. Respondent’s two brothers are also separated from

their spouses.

30. Respondent is a college undergraduate and a

musician.

FACTUAL ANTECENDENTS

31. Petitioner and respondent met in early 2001.

Petitioner was working in the agency owned by the
respondent’s family. Respondent’s mother was then the
Petitioner’s boss. She was very eager for them to meet because
his mother thought they were a good match.  At that time,
Respondent was in a relationship with someone his mother did
not approve of, and had just given birth to their daughter.  

32. Petitioner and respondent dated in March and from

then on, they saw each other constantly. He would travel from
Laguna, as he was managing their business there, to Quezon
City.  

33. Their relationship officially started in May 2001. It

was a normal relationship.  The parties would occasionally
have misunderstandings, though, because of jealousy.
Petitioner would often be jealous of Respondent’s barkada
because they would drink until the wee hours of the morning
at Respondent’s mother’s club where GROs were working.
Petitioner felt that his barkadawere more important than her.

34.  Petitioner got pregnant in December 2001.  The

parties kept this matter to themselves at first, because they
didn't know what to do yet, until they decided to tell everyone
in March 2002.

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 35. Petitioner and respondent had their civil wedding on
March 12, 2002 at the Legaspi City Hall in Bicol.

36. On April 14, 2002, they had their church wedding

held at the Manila Cathedral.

37. Petitioner and Respondent did not want to get

married at the time, but Respondent’s mother insisted that
they get married. Everyone was happy about the marriage
because they thought the parties looked good together.

38. The parties’ marriage resulted in two children - Max

Denzel Gabriel Baldo, who was born on August 12, 2002 and
Kristiana Gabriela Baldo, who was born on December 23,
2007.

39. After the wedding, they rented an apartment

together with a friend because they could not afford the rent
by themselves. After a few months, they decided to move back
to the house whichRespondent’s mother was renting because
Petitioner was about to give birth and the apartment was a bit
far from the hospital. They lived together with his brothers and
other staff.

40. The house they lived in was also an office on the

first floor, and a club (where GROs work) at the back. They
were happy on the first year of their marriage. They were
young and Petitioner felt like they were just playing, they were
enjoying because they were with their friends.

41. During the first year of their marriage, Respondent

would still drink with his friends and Petitioner allowed him
because they would just drink at their club. When she gave
birth to their first born in August, they would argue about
money. Both of them did not have a stable job.

42. Respondent would occasionally have a gig, since he

was a musician, but this did not financially suffice. Petitioner,
on the other hand, was on leave because she had just given
birth.

43. The parties mostly argued about money. Petitioner

averred that Respondent did not exert enough effort to provide
for their family financially.

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 44. After petitioner gave birth to their first child,
respondent would go home late at night, drunk. There were
rumors about him being with other women.

45. Petitioner had the chance to work abroad. Their son

was just eight months old when she went to Japan in April
2003.

46. Respondent was then left in the Philippines to take

care of their son.  While petitioner was working in Japan, she
heard a lot of rumors about respondent having an affair.  She
confronted him about it but he denied it.

47.  In August 2003, he was able to work in Japan as

well. They were able to be together for two months in Japan.
Petitioner went back to the Philippines ahead of him.   When
she came back, the rumors began again about respondent
getting another woman pregnant.  She asked him about it but
he denied it.

48.  When respondent went back to the Philippines in

February 2004, they fought about the rumors, and
Respondent denied the same.  Petitioner believed him.

49. In May 2004, Petitioner was able to go back to

Japan again, Respondent was left with their son but when
petitioner went abroad, Respondent brought their son to Bicol
because he said he won’t be able to with their sonaroung. His
grandaunt (Auntie Ela) looked after Max (their son).

50. When petitioner was in Japan the rumors started

again about respondent getting another woman pregnant.  He
kept on denying it. And there was even a time when they were
talking over the phone and he was so drunk, when they said
their goodbyes he called petitioner by a different endearment.
This confirmed all the rumors and suspicions that everyone
has been telling her. At that moment, the Petitioner lost all the
trust she had on him. Her contract lasted for six months more
and she went back to Manila in November 2004.

51. Petitioner and her sister rented an apartment in

Novaliches because her mother lived there. When she was
already in Manila, Respondent tried hard to win her back. At
first, she did not accept him because she already knew that he
really was having an affair. He explained that it was nothing
and that he ended it already and for the sake of their son who
was still very young that time, he asked for another chance.
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 52. The parties reconciled. However, there were still
times when Respondent would go home late at night from his
drinking session with his friends. Once, while they were in
Bicol, Petitioner recalls asking Respondent to go home before
New Year’s eveand spend the start of the New year with their
family. However, Respondent did not. He went home after 1
am.

53.  Petitioner still continued to forgive Respondent for

their son. She refused to have a broken family.  Her son was
still very young.  She chose to forgive respondent and accepted
that he had an affair and another child.

54. Respondent, however, did not change.  Whenever

they were together, he would always go to his barkada.  

55. On the third year of their marriage in 2005, the

arguments about money started again. Petitioner was telling
Respondent to look for a stable job because their son was
about to go to school in a year’s time.

56. In April 2005, Petitioner went back to Japan.

Respondent was left again to look after their son.

57. From April 2005 to October 2005, Petitioner sent

money to the Respondent. He still did not have a stable job.

58. Again, when Petitioner was in Japan, rumors again

ensued about respondent and his mistress. Petitioner got wind
of news that Respondent impregnated another woman.
Petitioner was devastated and frustrated. When she went
home in October 2005, she confronted Respondent and he
denied it. Petitioner didn’t believe him this time because she
was receiving several text messages from the other woman
when she arrived in Manila.

59. The other woman told Petitioner that Respondent

loved her and even went to Davao for her and was so happy
that they were having a baby.

60. Petitioner told respondent that she wanted space

and she didn’t want to be with him anymore, but the latter
refused and said he wanted their family to be whole. He didn’t
want to leave. He insisted those rumors weren’t true. But
petitioner begged him to tell the truth and she would

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understand. He eventually told the truth that he really did get
the other woman pregnant.

61. Petitioner forgave Respondent again and chose to

trust him one more time.

62. In 2006, on the fourth year of their marriage,

several, mostly financial problems, arose. Both parties did not
have a job, and Petitioner wasn’t able to go back to Japan.
Petitioner has been pushing Respondent to go find a stable job
because his once or twice a week gigs would never be enough
to pay for all the bills. Their son was going to school that year.

63. They would fight almost everyday because he would

go to “rehearse” and then would go home late at night drunk.
That became his habit and they would fight.

64. One day, Petitioner got fed up and when

Respondentbwent home in the middle of the night, she packed
his things and told him to move out. That was in May 2006.

65. Their son went to school in June and petitioner

shouldered everything.

66. The parties separated for months and during those

times, Petitioner heard that Respondent got back with the girl
he had a child with.

67. In 2007, respondent started to ask for petitioner’s

forgiveness and assured her that he was a changed man and
wanted his family back. He wanted to start over. They went
back together in April 2007.

68. During this time, petitioner was able to go back to

Japan again, however, she was already pregnant with their
second child when they left.

69. Petitioner’s work in Japan only lasted for four

months on account of her pregnancy. She went home in
August 2007. During this period, respondent’s gig was always
out of town - in La Union. He would just stay with them twice
a week. For most of the week, he would stay at his mother’s
condominium in QC because of his band rehearsals.

70. Petitioner did not want to have suspicions again

because she was pregnant and she did not want to stress

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herself. However, whenever Respondent was home, someone
would call and he would answer but he would go to a far place
where Petitioner could not hear him.

71. Those calls became frequent, when Petitioner would

ask him who it was, he would always respond that it was his
manager finding them bookings. Petitioner let it pass, because
she wanted to trust him again. But she noticed some changes
in him.

72. Respondent kept his phone under his pillow when

he slept and he brings his phone wherever he goes. Months
passed and Petitioner let Respondent do what he does.

73. In November 2007, a month before she gave birth, a

friend of Petitioner, who happens to be the girlfriend of his
brother called her and told her to go to her mother-in-law’s
condominium. It was already almost 1 am.

74. Petitioner asked her brother to accompany her and

they went to the said condominium. Petitioner went into the
unit and saw Respondent with another woman, brushing their
teeth. They were ready to go to bed. Respondent was so
surprised and told her that they are going home. Petitioner
slapped him. He apologized and just convinced her to go
home.

75. After that incident, petitioner swore to never trust

him again

76. Respondent was not even present when the

Petitioner was about to give birth.He was not by her side and
he did not even pay for the hospital bill.

77. In January 2008, the parties were just civil.

Petitioner was waiting for the chance to be able to check his
phone, and luckily when he was sleeping she was able to
check all his text messages and phone calls, even pictures and
videos. There she saw everything she needed to see and know.
It was confirmed that he was having an affair again. The
woman was from La Union. She was a manager in the casino
where they were playing. When respondent woke up, he
already knew Petitioner knew his new girlfriend. Petitioner
gave him his phone. And they talked. She asked him if he
loved the girl. He said yes and he was planning to have a

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future with her. She asked her if he still loves her, but he said,
he no longer loves her.

78. Petitioner realized that there their marriage would

no longer work out, the way she wanted it to be. She gave him
so many chances to rectify his mistakes, but he kept on
hurting her, emotionally and psychologically abusing her, and
he even neglected his duties, responsibilities and even his
obligations to their children.

79. The parties have since separated.

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

80. Because of the distressed state of mind of Petitioner

brought about by her miserable relationship with Respondent,
she consulted a Psychologist, in the person of DR.MARICRIS
REYES MARUCUT, a Clinical Psychologist sometime in the
second week of February 2016.

81. Petitioner requested for psychological evaluation to

assist in forensic decision on the Petition for Nullity of
Marriage, she contemplates on filing against her husband.

82. Thus, a Psychological Clinical Interview and Mental

Status Examination (MSEs) were conducted. The anamnesis,
or a medical or
psychiatricpatientcasehistory,particularlyusingthepatient'
srecollections, with focus on the marital history was gleaned
from the Petitioner who had undergone psychological
assessment.

83. Dr. Marucutmet the Petitioner and conducted the

initial interview with her, and she was also asked to answer a
questionnaire.

84. On the second meeting, Petitioner was given the

psychological test and after the tests, she was asked to write
down a brief summary of her marital life.

85. On the third meeting was a follow up interview with

the petitioner together with the interview of Vincent Baldo, the
older brother of respondent, and Melanie delos Reyes,
Petitioner’s best friend, who also worked at the agency where
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Petitioner works, and so, she witnessed what happened to
Petitioner and Respondent.

86. Dr. Marucutused the following assessment tools

and psychological tests:

Assessment Tools Utilized:

 Clinical interview on the Petitioner

 General Observation
 Battery of Psychological Tests
 Collateral Data

Psychological Test Administered:

 Projective Drawings
 Sentence Completion Test
 Basic Personality Inventory
 Marital Satisfaction
 16 Personality Factors
 Axis II Checklist and Interview
 Revised Beta Examination
 Emotions Profile Index

87. Pertinent portion of the Psychological Report of Dr.

Marucut,a copy of which is hereto attached as ANNEX “D”,
provides:

Petitioner’s intellectual functioning falls within the

average classification. She has adequate capacity
for reasoning, decision-making, problem solving
and organization of perceived materials. Her
planning is fairly good, and she manifests
confidence and persevering behavior. She finds joy
in her accomplishments and she sees and perceives
that the future has better things to offer to her.

Petitioner’s test results reflected her inclination

display socially responsible attitudes and behavior.
She reports a usual feeling of confidence,
cheerfulness and persistence, but with the
exception whenever she was experiencing
disappointments.

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The Petitioner’s personality profile reflects a
predominance of narcissistic traits.

Test protocol pictures her as a very impulsive

person who tends to find the easiest way out of a
tight situation without regard for the actions she
has to take, or of their consequences. Hence, she
often finds herself either regretting her actions.

Low percentiles were manifested in aggressive and

very low in depressed index. These results mean
that she opts for the more socially acceptable traits.
She is warm, sociable and affectionate. She is also
an accepting, obedient and trusting person. A very
low depressed percentile implies her sadness and
being very much dissatisfied. She has been
deprived too of certain longings in a past phase in
her life- presumably the marital life.

Petitioner’s perspectives of marriage and

commitment are characterized by superficiality
and the lack of definitive insights as to her
responsibilities and obligations, hence, her
apparent lack of concern for the outcome of her
union with the Respondent in this case.
Neither does she show any remorse when she
stopped communicating with respondent even if
he sent her messages, since she felt that he did
not give importance to her presence when she
was with him.

Petitioner has been disillusioned by her husband’s

inability to communicate with her and her needs
for affection and love. She reports very limited time
of togetherness as a couple, since he was so busy
with his bachelor lifestyle. They failed to resolve
their differences as a couple and they had intensely
emotional disagreements about money. Although,
she had exerted efforts to save their marriage, she
received rejections for it.

Psychosexually, Petitioner may be said as

emotionally inchoate towards his gender roles and
its concomitant obligations. She has very shallow
perspectives of what heterosexual affiliation;
intimacy, love and marriage are all about.
Petitioner lacks adequate insights on her true
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roles/obligations as a wife to the respondent, such
that she has abandoned him when he failed to
travel to the US to join her, and she neglected all
her marital obligations to him, not even to give him
the chance to explain him side of the story.

It is therefore the conclusion of the undersigned

that based from their marital history and collateral
information gathered, the petitioner’s behavior
particularly in terms of marital obligations
connotes an individual who is not capable of
performing her duties and responsibilities as a
good wife as she is unable to observe mutual love,
respect and fidelity and render mutual help and
support to the respondent.

A comprehensive analysis of petitioner’s

protocol lead the undersigned Psychologist to
conclude that the petitioner in this case is
suffering from a pervasive personality disorder
labeled as Narcissistic Personality Disorder
{DSM-IV-R {Axis II cluster B 301.81} a condition
that is grave, incurable and pathological such
that it debilitates her from becoming ideal
marital partners to the respondent.

It is therefore the conclusion of the undersigned

that based from their marital history and collateral
information gathered, respondent’s behaviors
particularly in terms of marital obligations
connotes an individual who is not capable of
performing his duties and responsibilities as a good
husband and father as he is unable to observe
mutual love, respect and fidelity and render mutual
help and support to his family. Respondent is
Psychologically incapacitated to discharge the
essential obligations of marriage as he is
suffering from a personality disorder known as
Narcissistic Personality Disorder [DSM-IV-R
{Axis II cluster B 301.81}], a condition that is
grave, incurable and pathological such that it
debilitates him from becoming an ideal marital
partner, as shown by his unwillingness to take
responsibilities for continuing a relationship
which he is no longer committed since he never
tried to make their marriage work out, and he
failed to provide for the immediate needs of his
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family and the physical and psychological needs
of petitioner and their children.

Respondent’s character flaws bespeaks of an

individual with a pervasive pattern of having a
happy go lucky lifestyle, as indicated by living a
bachelor lifestyle even when he knew for a fact that
he is already married. He has a callous unconcern
for all his actions, which lead him to neglect his
duties, obligations and responsibilities to the
petitioner and their children. He has an arrogant
and haughty behavior, as indicated by acting as if
he did not do anything bad and he acted as if what
he was doing was only a part of his normal life. He
harshly devalued the contributions of the petitioner
and displayed his disdainful attitude towards her.
He has a sense of entitlement as indicated by his
tendency to expect especially favorable treatment
and automatic compliance of his expectations. He
has a grandiose sense of self-importance. He
expects to be noticed and given importance even
without appropriate achievements. He has no
consideration on the feelings of his wife and that
his concern is with his own feelings and opinions,
and what would satisfy his ego. Furthermore, his
intention to free himself from the affection of his
wife by abandoning his responsibilities to petitioner
from the very start of the relationship, shows that
his priority in life is to satisfy his own needs.

Discussion:

Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental

disorder in which people have an inflated sense of
their own importance and a deep need for
admiration. Those with narcissistic personality
disorder believe that they're superior to others and
have little regard for other people's feelings. But
behind this mask of ultra-confidence lies a fragile
self-esteem, vulnerable to the slightest criticism.

Narcissistic personality disorder is one of several

types of personality disorders. Personality disorders
are conditions in which people have traits that
cause them to feel and behave in socially
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distressing ways, limiting their ability to function in
relationships and in other areas of their life, such
as work or school.

Narcissistic personality disorder symptoms may

include: Believing that you're better than others;
Fantasizing about power, success and
attractiveness; Exaggerating your achievements or
talents; Expecting constant praise and admiration;
Believing that you're special and acting accordingly;
Failing to recognize other people's emotions and
feelings; Expecting others to go along with your
ideas and plans; Taking advantage of others;
Expressing disdain for those you feel are inferior;
Being jealous of others; Believing that others are
jealous of you; Trouble keeping healthy
relationships; Setting unrealistic goals; Being easily
hurt and rejected; Having a fragile self-esteem;
Appearing as tough-minded or unemotional.

People with narcissistic personality disorder

demonstrate an apparently paradoxical
combination of self-centeredness and
worthlessness. Their sense of self-importance is
generally extravagant, and they demand attention
and admiration. Concern or empathy for others is
typically absent. They often appear arrogant,
exploitative, and entitled. However, despite their
inflated sense of self below their brittle facade lies
low self-esteem and intense envy of those whom
they regard as more desirable, worthy, or able.

• Believing that you're special and acting

accordingly
• Failing to recognize other people's emotions
and feelings
• Expecting others to go along with your ideas
and plans
• Expressing disdain for those you feel are
inferior
• Trouble keeping healthy relationships
• Setting unrealistic goals
• Being easily hurt and rejected
• Having a fragile self-esteem
• Appearing as tough-minded or unemotional

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Although some features of narcissistic personality
disorder may seem like having confidence or strong
self-esteem, it's not the same. Narcissistic
personality disorder crosses the border of healthy
confidence and self-esteem into thinking so highly
of yourself that you put yourself on a pedestal. In
contrast, people who have healthy confidence and
self-esteem don't value themselves more than they
value others.

When a person has narcissistic personality

disorder, he may come across as conceited,
boastful or pretentious. He often monopolizes
conversations. He may belittle or look down on
people he perceives as inferior. He may have a
sense of entitlement. And when he doesn’t receive
the special treatment to which he feel entitled, he
may become very impatient or angry. He may insist
on having "the best" of everything — the best car,
athletic club, medical care or social circles, for
instance.

But underneath all this behavior often lies a fragile

self-esteem. They have trouble handling anything
that may be perceived as criticism. They may have
a sense of secret shame and humiliation. And in
order to make themselves feel better, they may
react with rage or contempt and efforts to belittle
the other person to make themselves appear better.

When a person has narcissistic personality

disorder, he may not want to think that anything
could be wrong — doing so wouldn't fit with their
self-image of power and perfection. But by
definition, a narcissistic personality disorder
causes problems in many areas of one’s life, such
as relationships, work, school or their financial
affairs. They may be generally unhappy and
confused by a mix of seemingly contradictory
emotions. Others may not enjoy being around some
people, and they may find their relationships
unfulfilling.

As the name suggest, people with narcissistic

personality disorder are quite self-absorbed. They
display a pattern of grandiosity in fantasy or
behavior. Acquaintances often describe them as
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arrogant and boastful. Not only do people with this
disorder feel superior to others, but they also
believe they are exceptionally unique and special.
They believe they are entitled to special treatment
simply because they are who they are. They may
envy others while believing that others are envying
them. They may exaggerate their accomplishment
and talents. People with this disorder seek constant
admiration, adulation, and bolstering from others.
They may be ambitious, not for success, but for
fame and admiration. They have good social skills
when it comes to initial contact with others. They
may be quite charming in an attempt to gain the
other person’s awe. However, they are so focused
on themselves that they are not capable of
empathizing with others. People with narcissistic
personality disorder often fantasize about wealth
and fame. If they do not achieve the goals they have
set for themselves, they feel a strong sense of
failure, which brings feeling of shame and
worthlessness. They often react to criticism with
rage.

A common narcissistic personality disorder trait is

pathological lying. The narcissist presents to the
world the creation of his false self. This false self is
based on the image of who the narcissist would like
to be rather than how he really feels about himself
at a deep inner level.

As a result, the narcissistic personality disorder

trait of outrageous and vindictive lying is a faux
shop front regarding the narcissist’s supposed
accomplishments and achievements, as well as to
defend if his or her false image is threatened, or
attack when sufficiently angered.

The narcissistic personality disorder trait of

compulsive and pathological lying means that
the narcissist will not be responsible or
accountable for questionable actions. This
narcissistic personality disorder trait can be used
as projection, which means falsely accusing others
of the narcissist’s crimes. It can also be used to
create third parties as false allies, or as a smear
campaign. When applied vengefully, the narcissist

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is capable of pathological lying to severely damage
other people’s wellbeing and reputation.

Justifications are another way the narcissistic

personality disorder trait of pathological lying is
applied. The narcissist will expertly fabricate
information to exempt themselves from
accountability, or to create excuses as to why they
behaved inappropriately.

The narcissistic personality disorder trait of

pathological lying is very disturbing. When the
narcissist is playing out this narcissistic
personality disorder trait it can easily catch people
off guard – as it can be hard to detect. The
narcissist resides emotionally and mentally in his
or her false world, and often the narcissist cannot
distinguish between fiction and fantasy. Therefore,
when confronted with this narcissistic personality
disorder trait, you may believe the narcissist is
genuine, yet feel that something is not right, or you
may know the narcissist doesn’t have the facts
straight, but get so turned and twisted by the lies
you feel like you are losing your mind.

It's not known what causes narcissistic personality

disorder. As with other mental disorders, the cause
is likely complex. The cause may be linked to a
dysfunctional childhood, such as excessive
pampering, extremely high expectations, abuse or
neglect. It's also possible that genetics or
psychobiology — the connection between the brain
and behavior and thinking — plays a role in the
development of narcissistic personality disorder.

Although the cause of narcissistic personality

disorder isn't known, some researchers think that
extreme parenting behaviors, such as neglect or
excessive indulgent praise, may be partially
responsible.

Risk factors for narcissistic personality disorder

may include: Parental disdain for fears and needs
expressed during childhood; Lack of affection and
praise during childhood; Neglect and emotional
abuse in childhood; Excessive praise and
overindulgence; Unpredictable or unreliable
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caregiving from parents; Learning manipulative
behaviors from parents.

Personality is the combination of thoughts,

emotions and behaviors that makes everyone
unique. It's the way people view, understand and
relate to the outside world, as well as how they see
themselves. Personality forms during childhood,
shaped through an interaction of these factors:

Genetics. These inherited tendencies are aspects of

a person's personality passed on by parents,
such as shyness or having a positive outlook. This
is sometimes called temperament.

Environment. This means the surroundings a

person grows up in, events that occurred, and
relationships with family members and others. It
includes such life situations as the type of
parenting a person experienced, whether loving or
abusive.

Personality disorders are thought to be caused by a

combination of these genetic and environmental
influences. Some people may have genes that make
them vulnerable to developing antisocial
personality disorder — and life situations may
trigger its development.

There may be a link between an early lack of

empathy — understanding the perspectives and
problems of others, including other children — and
later onset of antisocial personality disorder.
Identifying these personality problems early may
help improve long-term outcomes.

Conclusion and Recommendation

From the data gathered, it is found that both

parties are psychologically incapacitated. Both
of them are not equipped and prepared to enter
into a marriage which they forced themselves to
get into. The parties entered into their marriage
unprepared and unaware of their duties and
obligations when they took their marital vows.

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Root cause of which can be traced from the
kind of upbringing, family atmosphere and
environmental influences they were exposed to
during their early formative years.

The Petitioner, was spoiled by herparents and

other relatives were overly tolerant and permissive
of her that they had spoiled her. She was granted
whatever that would make her happy and
contented such that she has become used to
getting and receiving whatever she wishes and
desires. Discipline was lax as she was allowed to do
whatever she likes and got pregnant out of
wedlock. Petitioner, without any reason,
impulsively decided to leave home and live on her
own when she was in college. She barely sought
help from her parents and put herself through
college.

In her adulthood, particularly in her marriage, she

had carried these traits through and displayed the
same traits that caused the marriage to deteriorate.

The Respondent, on the other hand, had a

confusing childhood history. The mother of
respondent was described as domineering and she
loves to go out with friends and socialize with them,
while his father was the quiet type. They separated
because the father of respondent wanted his wife to
be a stay home wife and mother, but she did not
want to just stay at home. Their mother got
married to a Japanese when they separated and
the mother have 2 children with the Japanese. She
prioritized her friends more than her children,
which was why, after they separated, and her
husband went to the United States, respondent
was brought to and grew up with his maternal
grandmother’s sister, Auntie Ela, who pampered
him and gave him whatever he desired of.
Respondent’s siblings grew up with their paternal
grandmother, who also pampered them, and gave
them whatever they desired of. Respondent’s
mother tolerated the actuation of her children. As
far as petitioner knows, respondent and his
siblings grew up to be very close to each other even
if their parents weren’t always around, since they
were both busy with their lives.
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As a couple, their conditions are considered
SERIOUS and GRAVE as it did not survive the
tests that the marriage entails. These personality
traits had become a disorder and if it has become
so, there is no amount of therapeutic intervention
or medical treatment that could effect a total and
long-lasting change in them. Attempts would be
all futile and useless thus, making it an
INCURABLE and a PERMANENT condition.

There is no point for them to get reconciled as

forcing them to live together as husband and wife
would only be a mockery to the institution of
marriage as both parties do not have the will, the
heart and the mind to uphold their marital vows as
right from the start there is no mutual love, trust,
respect, support and fidelity that can be seen in
their relationship.

The disorder attributed to the respondent has been

present since adolescence, antedated their
marriage and continually manifested during their
union/cohabitation with each other.

Treatment and prognosis is deemed to be poor,

since Petitioner and Respondent do not have any
insight of their condition given the fact that they
have already adapted to such behaviors. Their
behavioral patterns is already deeply ingrained in
their system hence they are oblivious to its flaws. It
is clear that even when they were still single, their
whims and caprices had reigned supreme over all
other concerns they have in life. It is clearly
apparent that Petitioner and Respondent lacks the
heart, will and mind for the obligations of marriage.
Psychologically incapacitated as they are, they can
never be a good and ideal partner to each other.

The personality disorder of the both Petitioner and

Respondent existed prior to the marriage but only
manifested during the existence of their marriage.
This kind of disorder is grave in character and thus
incurable being deeply ingrained in their system
that resulted on the part of both the petitioner and
respondent not to be able to comply with their

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 marital obligations to each other under the
provisions of the Family Code.

Based on the above-mentioned data, the

undersigned Psychologist truly believes that the
marriage between the parties is better off severed,
given the lack of foundation from which to expect
their relationship as husband and wife to blossom
and develop into something that is meant to last a
lifetime. It is apparent that their union exists in
name only and already stands hopeless of ever
becoming solid and ideal, as society expects it to
be, thus to allow its continuance would be
tantamount to allowing the estranged couple to
make a mockery out of marriage and family as the
basic institution of society.

All premises considered, nullification of marriage

between the parties is hereby recommended.

(underscoring and emphasis supplied)

88. The above report would show that the personality

disorder of both Petitioner and Respondent existed prior to the
marriage but only manifested during the existence of their
marriage. The marriage of Petitioner and Respondent stands
hopeless of ever blossoming into something, which could bring
them both happiness and a sense of fulfillment.

89. Both their conditionswere diagnosed to be grave,

incurable and pathological, such that it debilitates both
parties from becoming an ideal marital partner to each other.

90. In view of the foregoing any effort for the parties to

reunite proved futile because of their permanent, grave and
incurable psychological defects.

PROPERTY/IES

91. The parties have not acquired any property over the
course of their marriage.

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 CUSTODY AND SUPPORT

92. Petitioner presently holds custody of their children.

Respondent has not made attempts to see their children.
(please confirm)

RELIEF

93. For the sake of peace and happiness of both parties,

the Petitioner prays that her marriage to the Respondent be
declared null and void.

PRAYER

WHEREFORE, premises considered, Petitioner prays

that, after trial, judgment be rendered declaring the marriage
between petitioner and respondent an ABSOLUTE NULLITY.

Other reliefs just and equitable, under the premises are

likewise prayed for.

28May 2017. Quezon City for AntipoloCity.

PANAMBO LAW OFFICE

Unit 607 Integrated Professional Office Building
14 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City
Tel No.: 710-6844
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by

JUSTINIANO B. PANAMBO, JR.

Roll No. 40648
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PTR No.
MCLE Compliance No.

DAISY ANN S. GABRIEL

Roll No. 56847

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MCLE Compliance No. V-0023315 / 08-05-16

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 VERIFICATION AND
CERTIFICATION AGAINST FORUM SHOPPING

I, HAZEL IVY RODEJO- BALDO, of legal age, Filipino,

with address at Antipolo City, after being duly sworn, depose
and state, that:

1. I am the Petitioner in the instant case and have caused

the preparation of the foregoing Petition.

2. I have read and understood the allegations thereof and

the same are true and correct based on personal
knowledge and authentic documents.

3. To the best of my knowledge, there is no other action or

proceeding involving the same issues in the Supreme
Court, Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency;

4. I hereby undertake that should I hereafter learn that

another action or proceeding involving the same issues
has been filed or is pending before the Supreme Court,
the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency, I
shall report such fact within five (5) days from notice to
this Honorable Court as well as to the other tribunal
and/or agencies concerned.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature

this ___ day of May 2017 at _____________City.

HAZEL IVY RODEJO- BALDO

Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this ___day of

May 2017in _______________City by affiant who exhibited
before me herID ______________________issued by the

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_____________________ on _________________ valid until
______________.

Doc. No. ________

Page No. ________
Book No. ________
Series of 2017

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