Lilet Matias, Attorney-At-Law: Judicial settlement of estate partition! (Episode 203)

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Aired (December 6, 2024): Upang maprotektahan ang parte o mana ni Mia (Rhian Ramos) mula sa kapatid ay nagsampa siya ng kasong judicial settlement of estate partition. #GMANetwork #GMADrama #Kapuso

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00:00Your Honor, may I please ask the questions in the vernacular?

00:09Granted, attorney.

00:11Machas.

00:20Ms. Cruz, what is your relationship with the person you are accusing?

00:26He is my older brother.

00:27Brother?

00:29It means that you have the same rights as your parents.

00:36But what you said in your judicial affidavit is that you have the same rights as a trustee.

00:42Why did you say that?

00:44In the past few months, we learned from one of your brothers, Ramon,

00:50that our land was being sold by Brother Tomas without our brother's permission.

00:55But more than that, we were surprised to learn that Brother Tomas already has the land.

01:02And because of that, you already talked to your brother, Tomas, to stop the sale of the land.

01:09What did he answer to you?

01:12He doesn't want to be stopped.

01:14That's why I filed a case of judicial settlement of estate with partition

01:19so that the three of us can just share the land.

01:22But the case hasn't been settled yet.

01:26Brother Tomas is still talking to those who are interested in buying the land.

01:31That's why I need to stop the blame on my rights if Brother Tomas is going to sell the land.

01:38How did you say that it is against your brother's will that this court should do this?

01:44There are potential buyers who are looking at the land almost every week.

01:48These are the pictures of those who are looking at the land

01:51and my text messages to them confirming that they are interested in buying the land that Brother Tomas is selling.

01:59Our land is for sale on social media.

02:05Your Honor, these photos and text messages including the social media posts

02:10were already been marked during the pre-trial.

02:13May I please ask the Plaintiffs' Council to compare these originals with those previously marked exhibits.

02:20Compare them, Attorney Matias.

02:44Faithful reproduction, Your Honor.

02:47Mark it permanently.

02:49Continue, Attorney Dilette Matias.

02:51Thank you, Your Honor.

02:57Ms. Cruz, it means that your brother Tomas has already decided to sell your land

03:05and you have no other way to stop him, right?

03:08Yes, we have already confronted him in the barangay and also in Pao's office.

03:13We have also talked to the office of the councilor.

03:16But no matter how much I pity him, he really doesn't want to do it.

03:22Cross-examination, Attorney Alon.

03:39Ms. Witness,

03:43who is the one who was named as the owner of your land?

03:47Brother Tomas.

03:49And as the owner, under the law of the Philippines,

03:54he can do whatever he wants with his ownership.

03:58Ms. Witness, you also have a cellphone.

04:01That cellphone is registered with you.

04:03What I mean is, if you want to sell your cellphone, you are free to do so, right?

04:11Objection, Your Honor.

04:13Relevance?

04:15The cellphone of the witness is not a co-owned property but is registered under her name alone.

04:21The property is also registered solely under my client's name.

04:26But Your Honor, there is no question as to whether or not the cellphone is co-owned.

04:32Therefore, the comparison is irrelevant.

04:35Ask another question, Attorney Alon.

05:02To be continued…

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