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SECOND DIVISION
[ G.R. No. 188289, August 20, 2014 ]
DAVID A. NOVERAS, PETITIONER, VS. LETICIA T. NOVERAS,
RESPONDENT.
DECISION
PEREZ, J.:
Before the Court is a petition for review assailing the 9 May 2008 Decision[1] of the
Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 88686, which affirmed in part the 8 December 2006
Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Baler, Aurora, Branch 96.
The factual antecedents are as follow:
David A. Noveras (David) and Leticia T. Noveras (Leticia) were married on 3 December
1988 in Quezon City, Philippines. They resided in California, United States of America
(USA) where they eventually acquired American citizenship. They then begot two
children, namely: Jerome T. Noveras, who was born on 4 November 1990 and Jena T.
Noveras, born on 2 May 1993. David was engaged in courier service business while
Leticia worked as a nurse in San Francisco, California.
During the marriage, they acquired the following properties in the Philippines and in the
USA:
PHILIPPINES
PROPERTY
House and Lot with an area of 150
sq. m. located at 1085 Norma
Street,
Sampaloc,
Manila
(Sampaloc property)
Agricultural land with an area of
20,742 sq. m. located at Laboy,
Dipaculao, Aurora
A parcel of land with an area of
2.5 hectares located at Maria
Aurora, Aurora
A parcel of land with an area of
175 sq.m. located at Sabang
Baler, Aurora
3-has. coconut plantation in San
Joaquin Maria Aurora, Aurora
USA
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FAIR MARKET VALUE
P1,693,125.00
P400,000.00
P490,000.00
P175,000.00[3]
P750,000.00
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