5/4/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [1] Penned by Judge Feliciano V. Buenaventura; rollo, pp. 7-9. [2] Rollo, p. 10. [3] Ibid., p. 9. [4] Rollo, p. 37. [5] Ibid., p. 47. [6] Id., p. 44. [7] Id., p. 36. [8] Annex "1"; temporary rollo, p. 9. [9] The couple secured an Australian "Statutory Declaration" of their legal separation and division of conjugal assets. See Annexes "3" and "4" of Respondent's Comment; rollo, p. 48. [10] Id., pp. 33-35. [11] Id., p. 39. [12] Amended Answer, p. 2; rollo, p. 39. [13] Id., pp. 77-78. [14] Id., p. 43. [15] Rollo, pp. 48-51. [16] TSN, December 16, 1998, pp. 1-8; records, pp. 172-179. [17] RTC Order of December 16, 1998; ibid., p. 203. [18] The case was deemed submitted for decision on January 11, 2000, upon this Court's receipt of the Memorandum for petitioner, signed by Atty. Olivia VelascoJacoba. The Memorandum for respondent, signed by Atty. Gloria V. Gomez of Gomez and Associates, had been filed on December 10, 1999. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/52783 9/13