5/28/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [33] Id. at 122. [34] Supra note 23. [35] Art. 15. Laws relating to family rights and duties, or to the status, condition and legal capacity of persons are binding upon citizens of the Philippines, even though living abroad. [36] Supra note 7, at 24. [37] Id. [38] G.R. No. L-25441, October 26, 1968, 25 SCRA 616. [39] Id. at 625-626. (Emphasis supplied) [40] EDI-Staffbuilders International, Inc. v. NLRC, 563 Phil. 1, 22 (2007). [41] Annex “N” to Petition, rollo, p. 84. [42] 399 Phil. 342 (2000). [43] Id. at 354. (Emphasis supplied) [44] Bank of America, NT and SA v. American Realty Corporation, 378 Phil. 1279, 1296 (1999). [45] G.R. No. 80116, June 30, 1989, 174 SCRA 653. [46] Rollo, p. 18. [47] Supra note 44. [48] Id.at 1296-1297. (Emphasis supplied) [49] 543 Phil. 275 (2007). [50] Id. at 290. [51] Section 5(e) and (i) of R.A. No. 9262. (Emphasis supplied) [52] Rollo, p. 15. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/58780 12/13