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JurisprudenceG.R. No. 249238

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, VS. RUBY CUEVAS NG A.K.A. RUBY NG SONO.

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WHEREFORE , premises considered, the judgment is hereby rendered: (a) DECLARING �that the petition for judicial recognition of the foreign decree of divorce filed by� Ruby Cuevas Ng �is hereby judicially recognized by this Court and therefore, as capacitated to remarry under Article 26, 2nd�paragraph of the Family Code, in view of the divorce which has been obtained in Japan by her alien spouse, terminating their matrimonial relationship or dissolving their marriage solemnized on December 8, 200…

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WHEREFORE , premises considered, the judgment is hereby rendered: (a) DECLARING that the petition for judicial recognition of the foreign decree of divorce filed by Ruby Cuevas Ng is hereby judicially recognized by this Court and therefore, as capacitated to remarry under Article 26, 2ndparagraph of the Family Code, in view of the divorce which has been obtained in Japan by her alien spouse, terminating their matrimonial relationship or dissolving their marriage solemnized on December 8, 2004; and (b) DIRECTING the Office of the Local Civil [Registrar] of Quezon City and the Philippine Statistics Authority to correct, change name or annotate the record of RUBY CUEVAS NG as regards her civil status to reflect that her marriage with AKIHIRO SONO has already been dissolved by way of foreign judgment and to declare the person of RUBY CUEVAS NG as single and free to remarry. SO ORDERED.