Case Digest: Republic v. Nolasco
REPUBLIC v. NOLASCO G.R. No. 94053 March 17, 1993 FACTS: Gregorio Nolasco filed before the Regional Trial Court of Antique a petition for the declaration of the presumptive death of his wife Janet Monica Parker, invoking Article 41 of the Family Code. The Republic of the Philippines opposed the petition through the Provincial Prosecutor of Antique who had been deputized to assist the Solicitor General in the case. During trial, Nolasco testified that he was seaman and that he had first met Parker, a British subject, in a bar in England during one of his ship’s port calls. From that chance meeting onwards, Parker lived with Nolasco on his ship for six months until they returned to Nolasco’s hometown of San Jose, Antique in 1980 after his seaman’s contract expired. On January 1982, Nolasco married Parker in San Jose, Antique. After the marriage celebration, Nolasco obtained another employment as a seaman and left his wife with his parents i...