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 Jani
ceAl
ber
toArceo,
Pet
iti
oner
,

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ver
sus- Civi
lCaseNo._____
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For:Decl
arati
onofNull
ity
ofMarr
iageunderArt
.36
ofFami
lyCode
Rhoi
elandMantomi
mingcalAr
ceo,
Respondent,
x-------------------------x

PETI
TION
COMES NOW pet
iti
oner,t
hrough t
heunder
signed counse
land t
o
t
hisHono
rabl
eCourt
,respec
tful
lyal
leg
es:

1.Thatpeti
ti
onerJani
ce Al
bert
o Arceo i
s ofl
egalage,marri
ed,
Fi
li
pinoandresi
dentof1473G.MasangkaySt.,StaCr
uz,Manila;

2. That res
pondent Rhoi
eland Arce
oi slikewi
se of l
egal age,
married,Fi
lipi
noand present
lyresi
dingat1473 G.MasangkaySt.,Sta
Cruz,Manila;

3.Thatpet i
ti
onerand respondentcel ebrat
ed thei
r marri
age on
Decem
mbber28,2003 beforethe Parish Church ofSan Agusti
n,Mani la,
cert
ified t
rue copy ofthei
rMa
Marriage Cert
ificateis at
tached and made
int
egralparthereofasAnnex“A”;

4.Thatpet i
ti
onerand respondenthavet wochil
d. Theyhaveno
 writ
ten agreementexecut
edbeforethemar r
iagetogovernthei
rpropert
y
rel
ati
ons nor hav e any com
mm
muni ty pr
operty acqui
red duri
ng thei
r
marriage.Theyhavenodebts;
 6.Thatin ashortspan oftimetheyhad beent
ogether
,thisisthe
t
imewhich t
hepet i
ti
onerdescribesasa peri
od wher
et herespondent’
s
i
nst
abil
it
y,psyc
hologi
calorotherwise
,showedup;

7. That other i
nst
ances, wher
ein such i
nst
abi
li
ty coul
d be
r
eas
onablyinf
erre
dar easf
oll
ows:

a. Af t
ertheirmarr
iage,t
herespondentgaveuphisjobatF.D.
Roque& Associ
atesasAssi
stantManagerwit
houtjust
ifiabl
ereason;

 b. That pe t
iti
oner t
ried toe xpl
ain to hi
m t hat i
t was hi
s
responsi
bil
it
ytosupportherbutr espondentwouldignoreandshoutat
her,makingthepet
iti
onerthebreadwinnerofthefamil
y;

c. Thatt
her
espondenti
sac
ompul
siv
egambl
er;

d. Hei
sawomani
zer
;

e. He resor
ts t
o dr
ug and al
cohol abuse dur
ing t
hei
r
cohabi
tat
ion;

f. Thattherespondentdoesnotwanttohaveachi
ld wi
tht
he
pet
iti
onerbecauseaccordi
ngtohimi twi
llj
ustcausebur
denf
orhim;

g. Thatpar t
ieswouldfightev enforthesmall
estthi
ngst hrough
notdue t
othe f
aultoft he pet
iti
oner
,and frequent
ly,t
he respondent
 woul
dalwaysapol
ogizetothepe ti
ti
oner,butlat
eron,hewillrepeathis
quar
rel
someandtroubles
omeway s;

h.Hepr
efer
st ohangoutwi
thf
riendsandwi
th herfli
ngsi
nst
ead
ofbe
ingwi
thpeti
ti
oner;

8. That duri ng thei

r honeymoon period, thi
ngs wer e r
unni
ng
smoo thl
y between t
hem,butnoton t he succeedi
ng week,when t
he
respondent’
sinstabi
li
tystar
tedtomanif
estcle
arlytothepe
t i
ti
oner
.Their
rel
ationshi
plastedsometimein2003;

9. Thatsomeo thermani
fes
tationsofthepsychol
ogicalandemot i
onal
di
stur
bancesont
hepartoft
her espondentcanbecitedasf ol
lows:

a. Thatt her
ewer emanyt i
meswhent herespondentnev
ereven
ki
sse
dthepet
iti
oner. Respondentwoul
d noteven l
ook atherwhenev
er
 t
hepar
toft
hepe
tit
ione
r;

 b. Thatpe ti
t i
one rtol
dther espondentthatthe yshoulddiscuss
 whatwentwr ong bet weent hem and hopefull
yt hey could workitout
agai
n.Thepe ti
ti
onerv e
rbali
z e
dallofthet hi
ngss hehadno tic
edandf el
t,
knowing that e verything wor ks out when t here i s an ope n
communicati
on. Shet old him aboutt helack ofpass i
on,respectand
romancei
nt hei
rrelationship.Ther espondentjustignoredherpleas;

c. Thatr es
pondentbegan hur
tingthepe
tit
ionerphys
ical
lyby
t
hrowi
ngt
hingsonherandshovingheraround;

d. Thatr
espondentdi
d notst
op gambl
ing and usi
ng al
cohol
anddr
ugs;

e. Ther espondentabandonedt hepetit

ionerandl ef
ttobewi th
anot herwoman. Si nceMay 2003,t he respondentdid notr e
turn nor
tri
ed t o communicate wi
tht he pet
iti
oner. The petiti
oner on sever
al
instances,tri
edtoreachtherespondentthroughhi srel
ati
vesandf ri
ends
 butt onoav ail
.

10. Thatt hepeti

ti
oneralreadygaveupon t herespondentaf t
ertryi
ng
togi
veal lhereffort
sjusttosavehermarr i
agetoamanwho,asshowni n
the fore
going, i
s not cogniti
ve to and psychol
ogicall
yi ncapable of
perf
orming ,hi
sbasicmaritalcovenant
stohereinpeti
tioner;

11. That f urt

her,r espondent’
s psyc hological incapacity f
rom al l
indicati
ons appear st o have been mani festi
ng at t he t i
me of t he
celebrati
on ofmarr iage. Although said mani fest
ations were notthen
perceived, the root cause shall be proved t o suc h an extent that
respondentc oul
d nothav e known t he obligati
ons he was t ofulfil
lor
knowi ng them could nothav e vali
dly perf
or med them. I tis ofsuch
incapacitythatrespondentwasunabl etoassumehi smari talobl
igati
ons;

12. That t he respondent’

sincapaci
t ytofulfil
lhi s essentialmarit
al
obl
igati
ons appeart o be gr
ave,incurabl
e and deepl
yi ngr ai
ned,thus;
 warranti
ngt heissuanceoft heDecreeofNulli
tyofpe t
itioner’
smarriage
 wit
ht herespondent;

13. Thatfinall
y,thepetit
ionerhast herefor
enootherrecoursebutt o
seekj
udici
alr
eli
ef. Theprospectsorpos si
bil
ityo
fre
spondentt or e
for
m
andassumehisessenti
almaritalobl
igat
ionsisaremotepossi
bili
ty,i
fnot
thereareotherproceedi
ngs pendingbef
orethi
sHonorabl
eCourt
,orany
othertri
bunal oragency ,Iherebyundert
aketoreportt
hatf
actwit
hin
five(5)daystheref
rom tothi
sHonorableCourt.

Mani
la,Phi
li
ppi
nes,January22,2016.

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ceAlbert
oAr
ceo
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