Republic of the Philippines

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REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
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WILLY M. BOYALO
Petitione&
' (esus ' CI)IL CA*E NO+
MICHELLE P. BOYALO, ,o- LEGAL *EPARATION
Respondent&
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PRE-TRIAL BRIEF
PETITIONER b% the undesigned counsel and unto this /onoable
Cout 0ost espectfull% states-
*TATE1ENT O, T/E ,ACT* AN2 O, T/E CA*E
This is an action fo Legal *epaation unde paagaph 3"4 Aticle
55 of the ,a0il% Code of the Philippines+
Petitione alleges in his Petition& (i$-
6+ Petitione and Respondent ae husband and 7ife& ha(ing been
legall% 0aied on *epte0be 8& 9::5 befoe Re(+ Nicano T+
)ictoino& Paish Piest of *t+ Pete Chuch& #ue$on& Cit%+ 1achine
Cop% of the 1aiage Cetificate& dul% authenticated b% the
National *tatistics Office and a pinted cop% of thei 7edding
pictue ae heeb% attached and 0a;ed as Anne. <A= and Anne.
<B=& especti(el% and 0ade an integal pat heeof>
9+ Neithe the Petitione no the Respondent ac?uied an% popet%
befoe thei 0aiage>
@+ The Petitione and Respondent did not e.ecute an% penuptial
agee0ent>
A+ Afte thei 0aiage& Petitione bought a houseat Bloc; 9@ Lot 6"
6A& Bagu0ba%an *teet& #ue$on Cit% fo thei pe0anent
esidence and as thei conBugal ho0e and funished it 7ith all the
co0fots 7ell 7ithin the 0eans of heein Petitione>
5+ At the stat of thei 0aiage& Petitione 7as led to belie(e b%
Respondent of he total concen& lo(e and de(otion+
8+ Out of thei 0aiage& no child 7as bon due to RespondentCs
0edical condition& 7hich 7as ;no7n to Petitione and 7hich he
7illingl% accepted>
D+ Petitione 7as e0plo%ed as an O(eseas ,ilipino Eo;e 3O,E4 in
England& he 7o;ed in ABC2 Co0pan% as aTaino and Ad(ise
fo Ol%0pic Athletes& 7hile Respondent 7as not gainfull%
e0plo%ed and beca0e a plain house7ife>
"+ Petitione is allo7ed to etun to the Philippines afte a 0onth of
7o;& 7ith 9 7ee;s of (acation& afte 7hich& Petitione 7ill again
etun to England fo anothe 0onth of 7o;+
!+ *o0eti0e duing the last 7ee; of *epte0be& 9:6@ befoe
Petitione 7ent to England on Octobe @ of the sa0e %ea& his
bothe R%an 1+ Ba%alo 3R%an4& 7ho 7as li(ing 7ith the Petitione
and Respondent& told hi0 that he has so0e (e% delicate 0attes
to ta;e up 7ith hi0 7hich ae inti0ate and pesonal+Accoding to
R%an& PetitioneCs (alid dignit% of his fa0il% is at 0ista;e and
Petitione should ;no7 e(e%thing& 7hate(e the conse?uence 0a%
be+ Afte Petitione ga(e hi0 the go signal& he naated that
PetitioneCs 7ife 1ichelle P+ Ba%alo has been unfaithful and has
been ha(ing illicit elationship 7ith anothe 0an& Eng+ Jose 1+
*antos+ Petitione 7as ta;en abac; and stunned so Petitione
as;ed hi0 fo the souce of his info0ation+ R%an info0ed heein
Petitione that thei 0aid Isabel 2e Leon had been a7ae of the
elationship and the 0an usuall% 7ent to thei conBugal house and
e(en slept thee 7hene(e Petitione 7as in England+ Petitione
got ang% and bla0ed thei 0aid fo not disclosingto hi0 such
unacceptable actions ofhis 7ife& but R%an told Petitione that she
7as afaid to tell it because she 7as theatened+ Afte the
Petitione cal0ed do7n& Petitione co00ended that if he 7ill
confont his 7ife& heein Respondent&about he illicit elationship&
she 7ill suel% den% it+ *o Petitione thought that the best 7a% 7as
to catch he ed'handed in the act of infidelit% so that she could
not den% it an%0oe+ Petitione suggested to R%an to thin; of a
plan so the% can catch his 7ife ed'handed+
6:+ Afte se(eal da%s of planning& Petitione& R%an and Isabel ageed
to put the plan of actionin opeation on Octobe @& 9:6@+ The
poble0 7as ho7 to catch Respondent 7ife in the (e% act of
ha(ing se.ual intecouse 7ith he lo(e consideing the fact that
thei 0asteFs oo0 7as ai'conditioned 7ith all 7indo7s fa0ed
b% glass Balousies closed and co(eed b% cutains+ At fist the%
thought of bea;ing do7n the 0ain doo 7ith a sledge ha00e so
the% could ta;e the0 b% supise& late the% abandoned the Idea
because of legal co0plications>
66+ ,inall%& Petitione thought of e0o(ing a glass Balousie of the
7indo7 so that7hat is happening inside the bedoo0 can be seen
fo0 the outside once the cutain is bushed aside b% 0eans of a
thin 7ie+ Though this& pesons on bed could be seen cleal% since
the bed is on the sa0e le(el as the opening of the 7indo7+ Afte
se(eal e.pei0ents 7hene(e Respondent 7as out& Petitione
found out that Respondent cannot notice the e0o(al of the glass
Balousie since thei 7indo7s ae sceened fo0 the inside of the
oo0+ Petitione then 0ade a hole in the 7indo7 in ode to bush
the cutain aside using thin 7ie+
69+ As pe'aanged& Petitione e0o(ed one glass of the Balousie
7indo7 of thei 0aste oo0 so that the Respondent and he
lo(e& 7hile inside thei conBugal oo0 and ha(ing se.ual
intecouse& be seenfo0 outside+
6@+ /a(ing co0pleted all the plans to catch the Respondent and he
lo(e in the act& Petitione told Respondentthat he 7ill go to
England on that da%& but in ealit%& Petitione alead% cancelled his
flight+ Petitione instucted his bothe R%an and thei 0aid& Isabel
to info0 hi0 i00ediatel% of the esult of the plan as soon as
possible+
6A+ Al0ost 0idnight of Octobe @& 9:6@& Petitione 7as info0ed b%
his bothe R%an that thei plan 7as successful and pictues of the
Respondent and he lo(e 7hile ha(ing se.ual intecouse 7ee
ta;en+
65+ Ehen Petitione etuned to thei conBugal houseon Octobe A&
9:6@& Petitione sa7 the photogaphs ta;en inside thei 0asteCs
bedoo0 and attached heeto ae the photogaphs 7hich ae
0a;ed as Anne.es <C= and <2=+
68+ On the sa0e da%& Petitione confonted the Respondent about he
illicit elationship 7ith Eng+ Jose 1+ *antos& 7hich& the
Respondent ad0itted afte the Petitione sho7ed to he the
pictues ta;en 7hile she and he lo(e 7as ha(ing se.ual
intecouse inside thei conBugal ho0e+
6D+ 2ue to the se.ual infidelit% co00itted b% Respondent& Petitione
finds it highl% i0pobable to continue li(ing 7ith he>
PROPO*E2 *TIPULATION O, ,ACT*
6+ The identit% of paties as petitione and espondent>
9+ The fact of 0aiage& paties ha(ing been 0aied on *epte0be 8&
9::5 >
@+ Neithe the Petitione no the Respondent ac?uied an% popet%
befoe thei 0aiage>
A+ The Petitione and Respondent did not e.ecute an% penuptial
agee0ent>
5+ Out of thei 0aiage& no child 7as bon due to RespondentCs
0edical condition& 7hich 7as ;no7n to Petitione and 7hich he
7illingl% accepted+
LI*T O, 2OCU1ENTARG E)I2ENCE
6+ 1aiage Cetificate ''''Anne. HAH
9+ Eedding Pictue'''''anne. HBH
:@+ Pictues of Respondent and he lo(e 7hile ha(ing se.ual
intecouse''' Anne. <C= and <2=
AB*TRACT O, TE*TI1ONIE*
Petitione 7ill be testif%ing on the allegations in the Petition and
7ill pesent docu0enta% e(idence+
R%an 1+ Ba%alo and Isabel 2e Leon 7ill testif% on the se.ual
infidelit% of the espondent
+
NU1BER O, EITNE**E* TO BE PRE*ENTE2
Petitione and at least t7o 394 7itnesses+
A21I**ION*
Outside of the 0attes alleged& petitione is not inclined to ad0it
futhe 0attes+
APPLICABLE LAE* AN2 JURI*PRU2ENCE
Po(isions on the ,a0il% Code+
I**UE*
E/ET/ER OR NOT T/E PETITIONER AN2 RE*PON2ENT BE
LEGALLG *EPARATE2
A)AILABILITG ,OR TRIAL
Counsel 7ill be a(ailable fo tial on dates con(enient 7ith this
/onoable Cout+
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