By: (Sgd.) MISAEL DOMINGO C. BATTUNG III Deputy Division Clerk of Court [1] Rollo pp. 18-26. Penned by Associate Justice Victoria Isabel A. Paredes, with Associate Justices Japar B. Dimaampao and Elihu A. Ybanez, concurring. [2] Id. at 29-30. Records, pp. 151-157. [4] Id. at 1. [5] Id. at 78-79. [6] Id. at 80. [7] Id. at 100-101. [8] Id. at 103. [9] TSN, 28 May 2008, p. 7. [10] Id. at 4. [11] Id. at 7; Records p. 36, Exh. (3.) [12] Id. at 10. [13] TSN, 27 October 2008, pp. 7-8. [14] Id. at 3. [15] Id. at 10. [16] Records, p. 3-4. [17] TSN, 28 May 2008, p. 8. [18] Records, p. 36, Exhibit "3." [19] Id. at 34, Exh. "A." [20] Id. at 35, Exh. "B." [21] Id. at 36, Exh. "C.'' [22] Id. at 157. [23] Rollo, p. 26. [24] Id. at 34. [25] Id. at 43-55. [26] Antone v. Beronilla, 652 Phil. 151, 166 (2010). [27] Garcia v. Recio, 418 Phil. 723, 735 (2001). [28] Vda. de Catalan v. Catalan-Lee, 681 Phil. 493, 500 (2012). [29] Marbella-Bobis v. Bobis, 391 Phil. 648, 656 (2000). [30] Fujiki v. Marinay. 712 Phil. 524, 546 (2013). [31] VanDorn v. Romillo, 223 Phil. 357-363 (1985); Corpuz v. Sto. Tomas, 642 Phil. 420-432-433 (2010); Noveras v. Noveras 741 Phil. 670, 682 (2014). [32] Amor-Catalan v. Court of Appeals, 543 Phil. 568, 576 (2007). [33] Vda. de Catalan v. Catalan-Lee, supra note 28 at 499. [34] ATCI Overseas Corporation v. Echin, 647 Phil. 43, 50 (2010). [35] Vda. de Catalan v. Catalan-Lee, supra note 33; San Luiz v. San Luiz, 543 Phil. 275, 294 (2007). [36] Garcia v. Recio, supra note 27 at 735-736. [37] 509 Phil. 108, 114 (2005). [38] Id. at 116. [39] CA rollo, p. 19. [40] Id. at 21. [3]