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[17] Id. at 19-23; Appellant's Brief.
[18] Id. at 44-62; Brief for the Appellee.
[19] Id. at 70-78; Penned by Associate Justice Florito S. Macalino with Associate
Justices Mariflor P. Punzalan Castillo and Zenaida T. Galapate-Laguilles, concurring.
[20] Rollo, pp. 8-14.
[21] Id. at 31-43.
[22] Ybiernas, et al. v. Tanco-Gabaldon, et al., 665 Phil. 297, 311 (2011), citing Brig.
Gen. Custodio v. Sandiganbayan, 493 Phil. 194, 203-204 (2005).
[23] Rollo, p. 59.
[24] City of Dagupan v. Maramba, 738 Phil. 71, 87 (2014), citing Samala v. Court of
Appeals, 416 Phil. 1 (2001).
[25] G.R. No. 221029, April 24, 2018 [Per (now Chief Justice) Peralta, En Banc].
[26] G.R. No. 199515, June 25, 2018.
[27] G.R. No. 227605, December 5, 2019.
[28] G.R. No. 199515, June 25, 2018.
[29] G.R. No. 221029, April 24, 2018.
[30] 418 Phil. 723, 738-739 (2001).
[31] Sps. Chan v. Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga del Norte, 471 Phil. 822, 832-833
(2004).
[32] 450 Phil. 720, 734 (2003).
[33] See Barnes v. Hon. Quijano Padilla, 482 Phil. 903, 915 (2004).
SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION
CAGUIOA, J.:
I concur in the result.
However, I submit, as I did in the case of Republic v. Manalo[1] (Manalo), that Article
26(2) of the Family Code had been crafted to serve as an exception to the nationality
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