4/15/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly confrontation between the parties before the !upon chairman or the pangkat, and that no conciliation or settlement has been reached as certified by the lupon secretary or pangkat secretary as attested to by the lupon or pangkat chairman or unless the settlement has been repudiated by the parties thereto. (b) Where Parties May Go Directly to Court. —The parties may go directly to court in the following instances: (1) Where the accused is under detention; (2) Where a person has otherwise been deprived of personal liberty calling for habeas corpus proceedings; (3) Where actions are coupled with provisional remedies such as preliminary injunction, attachment, delivery of personal property and support pendente lite; and (4) Where the action may otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations. Generally, all parties must first undergo barangay conciliation proceedings before filing a complaint in court. None of the exceptions under the law are present in this case. Thus, assuming that petitioners had stated a cause of action, their Complaint would still be dismissed for their failure to comply with a condition precedent. WHEREFORE, the Petition is DENIED. The April 17, 2013 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA G.R. CV No. 03402 is AFFIRMED. SO ORDERED. Gesmundo, Carandang, Zalameda, and Gaerlan, JJ., concur. NOTICE OF JUDGMENT Sirs/Mesdames: Please take notice that on February 3, 2020 a Decision, copy attached hereto, was rendered by the Supreme Court in the above-entitled case, the original of which was received by this Office on July 29, 2020 at 10:40 a.m. Very truly yours, (Sgd.) MISAEL DOMINGO C. BATTUNG III Division Clerk of Court [1] 361 Phil. 963 (1999) [Per J. Martinez, First Division]. [2] Id. at 976 citing Dizon v. Magsaysay, 156 Phil. 232 (1974) [Per J. Makalintal, First Division]. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66171 11/14