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SECOND DIVISION.
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ested. The State can find no stronger anchor than on good, solid
and happy families. The breakup of families weakens our social
and moral fabric hence, their preservation is not the concern of
the family members alone. Whether or not a marriage should
continue to exist or a family should stay together must not depend
on the whims and caprices of only one party, who claims that the
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B.
ANCHETAborn
CA Rollo,pp. 2627.
4Id.,at
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CA Rollo,pp.45.
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7Id.,at
p. 49.
8Id.,at
p. 53.
9Id.
10Id.,at
p. 54.
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at pp. 5759.
12Id.,at
13Id.,
p. 212.
at p. 213.
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p. 21.
15Id.,at
p. 101.
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p. 109.
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Rollo,p. 36.
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action must be filed within four (4) years from its discovery and if based
on lack of jurisdiction, before it is barred by laches or estoppel.
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waiver renders the judgment of the court null
and void.
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Supra.
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Ibid.
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CA Rollo, p. 53.
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Ibid.
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The trial court and the public prosecutor also ignored Rule
18, Section 6 of the 1985 Rules of Court (now Rule 9,
Section 3[e] of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure) which
provides:
Sec. 6. No defaults in actions for annulment of marriage or for
legal separation.If the defendant in an action for annulment of
marriage or for legal separation fails to answer, the court shall
order the prosecuting attorney to investigate whether or not a
collusion between the parties exist, and if there is no collusion, to
intervene for the State in 36order to see to it that the evidence
submitted is not fabricated.
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Supra.
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Supra.
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Id.,at p. 213.
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Supra.
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(2)
If the respondent fails to file an answer, the court shall not declare
him or her in default.
(3) Where no answer is filed or if the answer does not tender an issue,
the court shall order the public prosecutor to investigate whether
collusion exists between the parties.
Sec. 9. Investigation report of public prosecutor.(1) Within one month
after receipt of the court order mentioned in paragraph (3) of Section 8
above, the public prosecutor shall submit a report to the court stating
whether the parties are in collusion and serve copies thereof on the parties
and their respective counsels, if any.
(2) If the public prosecutor finds that collusion exists, he shall state
the basis thereof in his report. The parties shall file their
respective comments on the finding of collusion within ten days
from receipt of a copy of the report. The court shall set the report
for hearing and, if convinced that the parties are in collusion, it
shall dismiss the petition.
(3) If the public prosecutor reports that no collusion exists, the court
shall set the case for pretrial. It shall be the duty of the public
prosecutor to appear for the State at the pretrial.
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