1/4/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [1] Rollo, pp. 54-69; penned by Associate Justice Ricardo R. Rosario and concurred in by Associate Justice Marlene Gonzales-Sison and Associate Justice Danton Q. Bueser. [2] Id. at 339-345; penned by Presiding Judge Alberto L. Lerma. [3] Id. at 12-14. [4] Id. at 345. [5] Id. at 25. [6] Id. at 18. [7] Article 15, Civil Code. [8] G.R. No. 226013, July 2, 2018. [9] Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co., v. Guerrero, G.R. No. 136804, February 19, 2003, 397 SCRA 709, 715. [10] Juego-Sakai v. Republic, G.R. No. 224015, July 23, 2018. [11] Under this doctrine, if the foreign law involved is not properly pleaded and proved, our courts will presume that the foreign law is the same as our local or domestic or internal law (Del Socorro v. Van Wilsem, G.R. No. 193707, December 10, 2014, 744 SCRA 516, 528). [12] Republic v. Court of Appeals (Ninth Division), G.R. No. 159594, November 12, 2012, 685 SCRA 33, 41. [13] Republic v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 108763, February 13, 1997, 268 SCRA 198, 209-213. [14] G.R. No. 108763, February 13, 1997, 268 SCRA 198. [15] Article 17, Civil Code. [16] Article 5, Civil Code. [17] Rollo, p. 48. Source: Supreme Court E-Library This page was dynamically generated by the E-Library Content Management System (E-LibCMS) https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/65677 10/10