G.R. No.

182367 December 15, 2010

CHERRYL B. DOLINA, Petitioner,

vs.
GLENN D. VALLECERA, Respondent.

the Case

In February 2008 petitioner Cherryl B. Dolina filed a petition with prayer for the issuance of a temporary protection order against
respondent Glenn D. Vallecera before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Tacloban City in P.O. 2008-02-07 1 for alleged woman and
child abuse under Republic Act (R.A.) 9262.

Issue:

(a) "Violence against women and their children" refers to any act or a series of acts committed by any person against a woman
who is his wife, former wife, or against a woman with whom the person has or had a sexual or dating relationship, or with whom
he has a common child, or against her child whether legitimate or illegitimate, within or without the family abode, which result in
or is likely to result in physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering, or economic abuse including threats of such acts, battery,
assault, coercion, harassment or arbitrary deprivation of liberty. It includes, but is not limited to, the following acts:I attest that the
conclusions in the above Decision had been reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of
the Courts Division.

ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Associate Justice
Chairperson, Second Division

C E R T I F I C AT I O N

Pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII of the Constitution and the Division Chairpersons Attestation, I certify that the conclusions in
the above Decision had been reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Courts
Division.

RENATO C. CORONA
Chief Justice

Footnotes

1
Rollo, pp. 12-23.

2
"An Act Defining Violence Against Women And Their Children, Providing For Protective Measures For Victims,
 Prescribing Penalties Therefore, And For Other Purposes."

3
Rollo, p. 22.

4
Id. at 41.

5
Id. at 40.

6
Go-Tan v. Tan, G.R. No. 168852, September 30, 2008, 567 SCRA 231, 238.

7
Article 195, paragraph 4 of the Family Code requires support between parents and their illegitimate children.

8
Tayag v. Tayag-Gallor, G.R. No. 174680, March 24, 2008, 549 SCRA 68, 74.

9
Montefalcon v. Vasquez, G.R. No. 165016, June 17, 2008, 554 SCRA 513, 527.

10
De la Puerta v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 77867, February 6, 1990, 181 SCRA 861, 869.

11
Agustin v. Court of Appeals, 499 Phil. 307, 317 (2005).

12
Nepomuceno v. Lopez, G.R. No. 181258, March 18, 2010.

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