4/20/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [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 https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66091 9/11