CASE DIGEST Abangan vs Sabellano-Sumagang G.R. No. 186722|June 18, 2012 Topic: Action for judicial declaration of heirship; what is established; Synopsis: The Supreme Court heard a Petition for Review on Certiorari involving the cancellation of the entry in the Register of Marriages of the City Civil Registrar of Cebu City. The case arose from the registration of the purported marital union between Anastacia Abangan and Raymundo Cabellon. The United Abangan Clan filed a petition seeking the cancellation of the entry in the Register of Marriages on the grounds that Anastacia died single and without issue, the marriage took place before the law's effectivity, and there was a failure to show cause for the delay in registration. The trial court dismissed the petition on the ground of litis pendentia, as another action was pending between the same parties for the same cause of action. The Supreme Court granted the petition assailing the Resolution of the RTC which dismissed the act...
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