Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Third Judicial Region
Malolos City, Bulacan
Branch 85

IN RE: JUDICIAL RECOGNITION OF

FOREIGN DECREE OF DIVORCE,

CIVIL CASE NO. 260-M-2013

NERISSA DULLANO-KATAKABE,
Petitioner.
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JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT

I, NERISSA DULLANO-KATAKABE, of legal age, Filipino, and a

resident of Mojon, City of Malolos, Bulacan, under oath, depose and state
that:

Petitioner’s counsel, Atty. GLICERIO A. SAMPANA, with office

address at Room 7, Ground Floor, Hiyas Convention Center Annex
Building, Provincial Capitol Compound, City of Malolos, Bulacan,
conducted and supervised my direct examination at her office;

I am answering the questions asked of me, fully conscious that I am

doing this under oath and that I may face criminal liability for false
testimony and perjury;

The following are the questions asked of me by Atty. Glicerio A.

Sampana and the answers I gave him consecutively numbered, to wit:

1.
Q: Madam Witness, are you the same NERISSA DULLANO-
KATAKABE who is the petitioner in this case?
A: Yes, Sir.

2.
Q: In your petition, you have asked the Honorable Court for the
recognition of your foreign decree of divorce, who obtained the subject
decree of divorce?
A: My former Japanese husband, Mr. Akito Katakabe of Oita City, Oita
Prefecture, Japan.

3.
Q: When did Mr. Katakabe divorce you?
A: Sometime in the year 2012 and 4 June 2012, the decree of divorce was
issued in accordance with the Japanese laws and regulation.

4.
Q: What is your proof that a foreign decree of divorce was granted to Mr.
Katakabe?
A: I have the certified copies of the DFA Authentication Certificate
(Exhibit “B”) Certification dated 17 January 2013 (Exhibit “C”) and
Divorce Certificate dated 15 October 2012 (Exhibit “D”).

5.
Q: And if copies will be shown to you, will you be able to recognize the
same?
A: Yes, sir.

6.
Q: Madam Witness, I am showing you a DFA Authentication Certificate,
Certification and Divorce Certificate, are you referring to these documents?
A: Yes.

7.
Q: By the way, when and where did you marry Mr. Akito Katakabe,
madam witness?
A: On 14 August 2006 at Cebu City.

8.
Q: I am showing you a Certificate of Marriage dated 14 August 2006, are
you referring to this, madam witness?
A: Yes.

9.
Q: Did you have children with your Japanese husband?
A: Yes. We had one child in the name of Yuta Katakabe who was born
on 1 December 2007.
10.
Q: Why did your Japanese husband divorce you, madam witness?
A: I do not know, but I can only surmise that he wanted to marry another
since we have not been in communication with each other since our divorce
in 2012.

11.
Q: Do you know if the Japanese Divorce law allows Japanese huband to
remarry once he is lawfully divorced?
A: I believe so as it is provided for in the Civil Code of Japan.

12.
Q: Do you have a copy of the said Civil Code of Japan, madam witness?
A: Yes.
Witness producing a copy of the Civil Code of Japan marked as
Exhibits “E” and its sub-markings.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have affixed my signature on this ___

day of October, 2013 at the City of Malolos, Bulacan.

NERISSA DULLANO-KATAKABE
Affiant

SUBSCRIBED ABD SWORN TO before me, this ____ day of

October, 2013 at Malolos City, Bulacan. Affiant exhibited to me her
Passport Id No. EB3379696 issued in Philippine Embassy of Tokyo, Japan.

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Page No. _______; Notary Public
Book No. _______;
Series of 2013.

ATTESTATION

I, ATTY. GLICERIO A. SAMPANA, a private practitioner, do

hereby state that I personally conducted and supervised the direct
examination of the above-named witness, that I faithfully recorded or cause
to be recorded the questions I asked and the corresponding answers that the
aforesaid witness gave, that I or any other person present, did not coach the
aforesaid witness regarding her answers, that I am aware that should this
attestation proved to be false, I may be subjected to disciplinary action or
disbarment.
 City of Malolos, Bulacan., October ____, 2013.

ATTY. GLICERIO A. SAMPANA

Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORNT TO before me, this ___ day of

October, 2013 at the City of Malolos, Bulacan. Affiant exhibited to me his
OSCA ID No. 17607issued at Malolos, Bulacan.

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Page No. ______;
Book No. _____;
Series of 2013.