1. Settlement of Estate – MTC/RTC depending on the gross value of the estate.

2. Escheat – Regional Trial Court of the province where the deceased last resided OR in which he
had estate.
3. Reversion – RTC
4. Claim balance in the banks – RTC
5. Appointment of Guardians (Minor) – Family Court/RTC of the province or city where the minor
actually resides
6. Guardianship of Incompetent – RTC of the place where the ward resides or place where the
properties of the ward is located in case of a non-resident ward
7. Trustees – MTC/RTC court which admitted the probate
8. Hospitalization of Insane Persons – RTC
9. Domestic Adoption – Family court where prospective adoptive parents reside
10. Inter Country – a) Family Court where the adoptee resides or may be found or (b) Inter-country
Adoption Board, through an intermediate agency, whether governmental or an authorized and
accredited agency, in the country of the prospective adoptive parents
11. Rescission of Adoption – Family Court/RTC
12. Habeas Corpus – RTC, CA/SC
13. Habeas Corpus relation to Minors – Family, Court SC, CA
14. Habeas Data
15. Amparo
16. Change of Name – RTC
17. Voluntary Dissolution – RTC
18. Declaration of absence – RTC
19. Non-Clerical errors – RTC
20. Clerical – Civil Registry
21. Absentees - In the Regional Trial Court of the place where the ABSENTEE resided before his
disappearance.