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SECOND DIVISION
[ G.R. No. 200182, March 13, 2019 ]
ANACLETO ALDEN MENESES,[*] PETITIONER, V. JUNG SOON LINDA
LEE-MENESES, RESPONDENT.
DECISION
CAGUIOA, J:
Is a spouse who considers money and material needs as the essence of marriage
psychologically incapacitated to perform the essential marital obligations to warrant a
declaration of nullity of marriage under Article 36 of the Family Code?
Before the Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari[1] (Petition) under Rule 45 of the
Rules of Court (Rules) assailing the Decision[2] dated July 19, 2011 (Assailed Decision)
and Resolution[3] dated January 12, 2012 (Assailed Resolution) of the Court of Appeals
(CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 95614.
The Assailed Decision and Resolution affirmed the Decision[4] dated October 20, 2009
issued by the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 107 (RTC) in Civil Case No. Q05-58783 dismissing the Petition for Declaration of Nullity of Marriage filed by petitioner
Anacleto Alden Meneses (Anacleto).
The Facts
The facts, as narrated by the CA, are as follows:
[Anacleto] and [respondent Jung Soon Linda Lee-Meneses (Linda)] met
during their college years in the United States of America (USA). They
became involved romantically after fifteen (15) months of courtship. A year
after, they decided to get married.
On August 9, 1981, [Anacleto] and [Linda] were married at Sanctuario de
San Jose, Greenhills, Mandaluyong City. On June 3, 1983, Linda Monique L.
Meneses, their only child[,] was born.
During the first few years of married life, they lived with [Anacleto's] family
in Houston[,] Texas, USA. [Linda] [would] always complain of not having
enough money as she wanted to live on their own, away from her parentsin-law. She would always nag [Anacleto] to look for a higher paying job so
that she could get ahead in life. [Linda] wanted a luxurious life and she only
appreciate [d] her husband when he [bought] her expensive gifts and [took]
her out to fancy expensive restaurants.
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