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Cases On Vawc
Cases On Vawc
the RTC in accordance with Sec. 7 of the On August 28, 2009, petitioner,
said law. through her counsel, sent a letter
demanding for support from
DEL SOCORRO VS VAN WILSEM respondent. However, respondent
GR NO. 193707 refused to receive the letter |||
its provisions the colloquial verb the Court cannot measure the trauma that
"romance" that implies a sexual act. It Irish experienced based on Rustan's low
did not say that the offender must have regard for the alleged moral sensibilities
"romanced" the offended woman. of today's youth. What is obscene and
Rather, it used the noun "romance" to injurious to an offended woman can of
describe a couple's relationship, i.e., "a course only be determined based on the
love affair." 9 circumstances of each case. Here, the
naked woman on the picture, her legs
R.A. 9262 provides in Section 3 that spread open and bearing Irish's head and
"violence against women . . . refers to face, was clearly an obscene picture and,
any act or a series of acts committed by to Irish a revolting and offensive one.
any person against a woman . . . with Surely, any woman like Irish, who is not
whom the person has or had a sexual or in the pornography trade, would be
dating relationship." Clearly, the law scandalized and pained if she sees herself
itself distinguishes a sexual relationship in such a picture. What makes it further
from a dating relationship. Indeed, terrifying is that, as Irish testified, Rustan
Section 3 (e) above defines "dating sent the picture with a threat to post it in
relationship" while Section 3 (f) defines the internet for all to see. That must have
"sexual relations." The latter "refers to a given her a nightmare. |||
support.|||
is to be prevented," the
court is authorized to issue
ex parte a TPO after raffle
but before notice and
hearing when the life, limb
or property of the victim is
in jeopardy and there is
reasonable ground to
believe that the order is
necessary to protect the
victim from the immediate
and imminent danger of
VAWC or to prevent such
violence, which is about to
recur.