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No. L-68470, October 8, 1985.
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* FIRST DIVISION.
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Romillo, Jr. J.
MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:
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1 Sanchez vs. Zosa, 68 SCRA 171 (1975); Malit vs. People, 114 SCRA
348 (1982).
2 U.S.T. vs. Hon. Villanueva, et al., 106 Phil. 439 (1959).
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person before the Court during the trial of the case. It also
obtained jurisdiction over private respondent who, giving
his address as No. 381 Bush Street, San Francisco,
California, authorized his attorneys in the divorce case,
Karp & Gradt, Ltd., to agree to the divorce on the ground of
incompatibility in the understanding that there were3
neither community property nor community obligations.
As explicitly stated in the Power of Attorney he executed in
favor of the law firm of KARP & GRAD LTD., 336 W.
Liberty, Reno, Nevada, to represent him in the divorce
proceedings:
x x x x x x
"You are hereby authorized to accept service of Summons, to
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4 p. 98, Rollo.
5 "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."
6 cf. Recto vs. Harden, 100 Phil. 427 [1956]; Paras, Civil Code, 1971 ed., Vol. I,
p. 52; Salonga, Private International Law, 1979 ed., p. 231.
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Petition granted.
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