REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)

PASAY CITY ) S.S.

COMPLAINT-AFFIDAVIT

I, Name SURNAME, of legal age, Filipino, and presently

residing at No. 23 Street, Rancho Estate III Concepcion II, Marikina
City, after having been sworn in accordance with law, hereby
depose and state:

1. Na ako po ay naririto sa inyong opisina upang magsampa ng

kaso laban kay ____________ (“Ritche” for brevity), nasa
hustong gulang, Pilipino, at nakatira sa No. 23 Street, Rancho
Estate III Concepcion II, Marikina City sa kasong/paglabag ng
Section 5(a), 5(e)(2) at 5(i) ng Republic Act No. 9262, (Anti-
Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004);

2. Na noong Taong 2000 ay naging magkasintahan kami ni

Ritche at noong Marso 23 2001 nagpakasal kami sa Huwes.
Kalakip sa Sinumpaang-Salaysay na ito ang kopya ng
“Certificate of Marriage” ng aming kasal bilang ANNEX “A”.

3. Ang aming pagsasama ay nag bunga ng tatlong anak, ang

panganay na si _________ ay mahigit walong-put walong taong
gulang (18 years old). Kalakip sa Sinumpaang-Salaysay na ito
ang kopya ng “Certificate of Live Birth” ni _______ bilang
ANNEX “B”, ang aming pangalawang anak na si _________ na
mahigit labing pitong taong gulan. Kalakip sa Sinumpang-
Salaysay na ito ang kopya ng “Certificate of Live Birth” bilang
ANNEX “C”, at ang bunsong anak namin na si ___________,
mahigit walong taong gulang. Kalakip sa Simnumpaang-
Salaysay na ito ang kopya ng “Certificate of Live Birth” bilang
ANNEX “D”.

4. Noong Marso ng taong 2006 nag trabaho sa Riyadh Saudi

Arabia si Ritche, naging maganda at maayos ang trabaho ni
Ritche sa abroad at dahil dun nakakapagpadala sya ng 25k
monthly para sa pang araw-araw na gastusin ng aming mga
anak at para sa kanilang pag-aaral;

5. Taong 2014 naging maayos at maganda ang aming pagsasama

ngunit taong 2015 ng mag-bakasyon si Ritche sa Pilipinas ay
nagkaroon sya ng ibang babae na nagngangalang Arlene
Olalia;
6. Pebrero ng taong 2015 ng umuwi ang aking asawa, hindi nya
sinabi ang araw ng kanyang paguwi sa Pilipinas nagulat na
lang ako nang nasa pinto na sya ng aming bahay;

7. Pebrero 18 2015 nang magpunta kami ng MOA nagpaalam si

Ritche na mag-kikita sila ng kumpare namin na si Drey, nag
paalam sakin si Ritche na mag-iinuman sila ng kumpare nya
na si Drey at doon na din sya matutulog sa bahay ni Drey ;

8. Umaga ng Pebrero 19 2015 ng 9am tinawagan ko si Ritche

upang tanungin kung nasaan na sya ngunit hindi ko sya ma-
kontak kaya nagpasya akong tawagan ang kumpare naming si
Drey upang tanungin kung nakaalis na si Ritche sa kanila,
ngunit ang sabi sakin ni Drey ay naghiwalay na sila ng 5pm at
hindi natulog si Ritche sa kanila, Kinumpirma ko ang sinabi
sakin ni Drey sa kanyang asawa at dun ko nakumpirma na
hindi doon natulog si Drey;

9. Mga 10am or 11am nang nakauwi si Ritche sa aming bahay at

kinuha ko ang cellphone ni Ritche at dun ko nakita at nabasa
ang palitan ng text nila ng kanyang babae;

10. Kinita namin ang babae niya na si Arlene Olalia sa

Jollibee EDSA Rotonda kasama si Ritche at ang hipag kong si
Ana, nagusap kami sa barangay hall office at doon inamin nya
na magksama sila noong gabi ng Pebrero 18 2015;

11. March 2015 bumalik si Ritche sa Saudi at nangako na

hindi na nya kakausapin si Arlene Olalia, ngunit nung pag
balik ni Ritche sa Saudi ay nagkaron kami ng problema sa
pinansyal dahil delay ang pasahod sa kanya at tuloy tuloy ang
gastusin naming mag-anak kaya kinailangan kong mangutang
ng pera para sa gastusin at babayaran ang mga iyon kapag
nakapagpadala na si Ritche;

12. Hangang sa hindi na kami makabayad ng mga utang

namin, nakahingi ako ng tulong sa OWWA para nakapag
claim ng financial support para sa OFW na nag-kaproblema sa
company na pinasukan nila.

13. Naguusap na lang kami ni Ritche tungkol sa mga anak

naming at mga pinansyal na pangangailangan sa pag-aaral ng
aming tatlong anak at sa pang araw-araw na gastusin;
 14. Simula September 2016 hindi na kami nakatanggap ng
suporta sa aking asawa at financial support program na lang
ng OWWA ang aming nakukuha;

15. May 2018 humingi ako ng tulong sa PAO para makipag

usap ukol sa financial support ng aming tatlong anak
nagkasundo kami na magbibigay ng supporta para samin
alinsunod sa compromise agreement;

16. Hindi naging sapat ang walong libo (P8,000) kada buwan
na suporta para sa pag-aaral, pang araw-araw na gastusin at
panggamot at checkup ng mga bata kapag sila ay
nagkakasakit;

17. Nagagalit si Ritche tuwing humihingi ako ng dagdag na

pinansyal na suporta;

18. Huminto ako sa aking pag-tatrabaho upang maasikaso

ko ng aming mga anak;

19. Wala akong hinihiling sa aking asawa kung di

suportahan nya lahat ng pangangailangan ng aming tatlong
anak lalo na sa kanilang pag-aaral;

20. Na kung kaya ay naisipan ko ng sampahan ng kaso si

Ritche ng Section 5(a), 5(e)(2) at 5(i) ng Republic Act No.
9262, (Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children
Act of 2004);

Respondent is liable
For Violation Against
Women and Children

Physical Abuse

21. Respondent is liable under Sec. 5 (a) of Republic Act

9262, which it states that;

““SECTION 5. Acts of Violence Against Women and Their Children.- The

crime of violence against women and their children is committed through
any of the following acts:

(a) Causing physical harm to the woman of her child;”

 22. The respondent is clearly liable on the above-mentioned
law when he hurt me several times while we were living
together.

Economic Abuse

23. As per advise, I was informed that failure to give financial

support or economic abuse is a violation of Republic Act 9262
Sec. 5 (e), it states:
“SECTION 5. Acts of Violence Against Women and Their Children.- The
crime of violence against women and their children is committed through
any of the following acts:

xxx xxx xxx

(e) Attempting to compel or compelling the woman or her child to

engage in conduct which the woman or her child has the right to
desist from or desist from conduct which the woman or her child
has the right to engage in, or attempting to restrict or restricting
the woman's or her child's freedom of movement or conduct by
force or threat of force, physical or other harm or threat of
physical or other harm, or intimidation directed against the
woman or child. This shall include, but not limited to, the
following acts committed with the purpose or effect of controlling
or restricting the woman's or her child's movement or conduct:

(1) Threatening to deprive or actually depriving the woman

or her child of custody to her/his family;

(2) Depriving or threatening to deprive the woman or

her children of financial support legally due her or her
family, or deliberately providing the woman's children
insufficient financial support;

(3) Depriving or threatening to deprive the woman or her

child of a legal right;

(4) Preventing the woman in engaging in any legitimate

profession, occupation, business or activity or controlling
the victim's own money or properties, or solely controlling
the conjugal or common money, or properties;”1

24. Under Sec. 3 (D) of R.A. 9262 2, the word “economic

abuse” includes the following:
“D. "Economic abuse" refers to acts that make or attempt to make a
woman financially dependent which includes, but is not limited to the
following:

1. withdrawal of financial support or preventing the victim from

engaging in any legitimate profession, occupation, business or
activity, except in cases wherein the other spouse/partner objects
on valid, serious and moral grounds as defined in Article 73 of the
Family Code;

1
Emphasis supplied.
2
R.A. 9262, Sec.3 (D)
 2. deprivation or threat of deprivation of financial resources
and the right to the use and enjoyment of the conjugal,
community or property owned in common;

3. destroying household property;

4. controlling the victims' own money or properties or solely

controlling the conjugal money or properties.”

25. I was also advised that support is defined as everything

that is indispensable for sustenance, dwelling, clothing and
medical attendance, according to the social position of the
family. Further, it includes the education of the person
entitled to be supported until he completes his education or
training for some profession, trade or vocation, even beyond
the age of majority.3

26. Further, I was informed that pursuant to Article 176 of

the Family Code even illegitimate children which includes
children born out of wedlock are entitled for support, to wit:

“Art. 176. Illegitimate children shall use the surname and shall be
under the parental authority of their mother, and shall be entitled to
support in conformity with this Code. The legitime of each illegitimate
child shall consist of one-half of the legitime of a legitimate child. Except
for this modification, all other provisions in the Civil Code governing
successional rights shall remain in force.”

27. The right for support of illegitimate children is also

expressed in Article 105 of the Family Code which states:

“Art. 105. Subject to the provisions of the succeeding articles, the

following are obliged to support each other to the whole extent set forth
in the preceding article:
(1) The spouses;
(2) Legitimate ascendants and descendants;
(3) Parents and their legitimate children and the legitimate and
illegitimate children of the latter;
(4) Parents and their illegitimate children and the legitimate and
illegitimate children of the latter; and
(5) Legitimate brothers and sisters, whether of full or half-blood”

28. In the case of del Socorro vs. Van Wilsem4, the

Supreme Court held that denial of financial support to the
child is considered an act of violence against women and
children, viz:

“Based on the foregoing legal precepts, we find that respondent may be

made liable under Section 5(e) and (i) of R.A. No. 9262 for unjustly
refusing or failing to give support to petitioner’s son, to wit:

SECTION 5. Acts of Violence Against Women and Their Children.- The

crime of violence against women and their children is committed through
any of the following acts:chanroblesvirtuallawlibrary
3
Art. 290, Civil Code of the Philippines
4
G.R. No. 193707, 10 December 2014.
 xxx

(e) Attempting to compel or compelling the woman or her child to engage

in conduct which the woman or her child has the right to desist from or
desist from conduct which the woman or her child has the right to
engage in, or attempting to restrict or restricting the woman's or her
child's freedom of movement or conduct by force or threat of force,
physical or other harm or threat of physical or other harm, or
intimidation directed against the woman or child. This shall include, but
not limited to, the following acts committed with the purpose or effect of
controlling or restricting the woman's or her child's movement or
conduct:

xxx

(2) Depriving or threatening to deprive the woman or her children

of financial support legally due her or her family , or deliberately
providing the woman's children insufficient financial support;

xxx

(i) Causing mental or emotional anguish, public ridicule or humiliation to

the woman or her child, including, but not limited to, repeated verbal
and emotional abuse, and denial of financial support or custody of
minor children of access to the woman's child/children.

Under the aforesaid special law, the deprivation or denial of

financial support to the child is considered an act of violence
against women and children.”5

29. Also, the Supreme Case in the case of David vs. Court of
Appeals6, ruled that a minor child recognized by his father
may be a ground for giving support, it states:
“The fact that private respondent has recognized the minor child may
be a ground for ordering him to give support to the latter, but not for
giving him custody of the child. Under Art. 213 of the Family Code, "no
child under seven years of age shall be separated from the mother unless
the court finds compelling reasons to order otherwise."

30. Based on the above law provisions and

jurisprudences, it is crystal clear that the respondent Dela
Cruz has the obligation to give support.

Psychological Abuse

31. Under Sec. 5(i) of Republic Act 9262, it states that:

“SECTION 5. Acts of Violence Against Women and Their Children.-
The crime of violence against women and their children is
committed through any of the following acts:

xxx xxx xxx

5
Citation omitted. Emphasis supplied.
6
G.R. No. 111180, 16 November 1995.
 (i) Causing mental or emotional anguish, public ridicule or
humiliation to the woman or her child, including, but not limited to, repeated
verbal and emotional abuse, and denial of financial support or custody of minor
children of access to the woman’s child/children.

32. That respondent Jerald caused mental and

emotional anguish to me when he denied his financial support
to our children. What more, the respondent even uttered
derogatory remarks to me whenever I asked him for child
support;

33. Affiant reserves the right to adduce additional

evidence, testimonial or documentary, when so warranted at
the opportune time.

34. In view of the foregoing factual antecedents,

respondent Jerald should be indicted for violation of R.A 9262
on the ground of economic abuse.

35. I reserve the right to file additional charges for other

violations that may have been or may hereafter be committed
by the respondent Jerald. I likewise reserve the right to submit
additional documents as the exigencies of case may warrant.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, complainant hereunto set her hand

this 25th day of April 2019 at Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

NAME, SURNAME
Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 25th day of April

2019 in Pasay City, Metro Manila. I hereby certify that I have
personally examined the affiant and I am convinced that she has
read and understood the foregoing complaint.

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INVESTIGATING PROSECUTOR