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Pleading - Exemption of PAO From Docket and Filing Fees
Pleading - Exemption of PAO From Docket and Filing Fees
2. Said condition was lifted under Supreme Court OCA Circular No.121-2007,
which provides:
“Acting on said request, the same is hereby GRANTED.
Henceforth, the clients of the PAO shall be exempt from payment of
docket and other fees incidental to instituting an action in court, xxx as an
original proceeding or on appeal.
The conditions imposed in OCA Circular No.67-2007 for the
entitlement to the exemption is hereby REVOKED. xxx”
3. In effect, the condition in Section 19 (b) Rule 141 of the Rules of Court that
the movant “do not own real property with a fair market value of more that
P300,000.00” no longer applies inasfar as clients of PAO are concerned.
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4. The Supreme Court declared in Juan Enaje vs Victorio Ramos, et.al., G.R.
No.L-22109, Jan. 30, 1970, that the determinative factor for indigency is the
income of the litigant and not his ownership of real property.
Inasmuch as movant/plaintiff is already 80 years old senior citizen with
no income and dependent only on the support given by her daughter Annalen
Demeterio Hora, she earnestly prays that she be exempted from paying docket
& other fees and that she be given the opportunity to seek remedy from the
Court regarding her land problem, in the interest of justice.
Attached are the:
1. Affidavit of Indigency of the movant/plaintiff, and
2. Joint affidavit of indigency if two disinterested persons
Plaintiff/movant sincerely apologizes for some inconsistent statements in
the previous affidavits of indigency submitted earlier. Plaintiff/inadvertently
failed to take into consideration the Certificate on the assessed value of her real
properties when said affidavits were prepared. Plaintiff/movant had no intention
to misled the Court.
Respectfully submitted.
Maasin City, Southern Leyte. June 2, 2020.
Public Attorney’s Office
Maasin District Office
Bulwagan ng Katarungan
Maasin City, Southern Leyte
(counsel for the movant/plaintiff)
By:
MISAEL J. BIDON
Public Attorney III
Roll No. 45622
IBP Lifetime No.05077
MCLE Compliance No.VI-0000882
The Clerk of Court Issued October 25, 2016
Regional Trial Court-Branch 25
Bulwagan ng Katarunga
Maasin City, Southern Leyte
Please submit herein urgent motion for reconsideration for the
consideration and approval of the Honorable Court without need for oral
arguments. Thank you.
MISAEL J. BIDON
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