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JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT
I, DIANDRA A. REYES, of legal age, married, Filipino Citizen and with office
address at Department of Psychiatry, Cebu City, after having been duly sworn to in
accordance with law, hereby depose and state that:
The questions asked by Atty. Julie Tanya Pimentel-Lanzar and the answers I gave
are as follows, to wit:
1. QUESTION (Q): Madam Witness, do you know the plaintiff in this case?
ANSWER (A): Yes sir.
4. Q: Now, could you please tell us the manner by which you conducted your study?
A: I did the standard procedure which was to do a detailed psychiatric history
and mental status examination by psychiatric interviews with the petitioner. I also
subjected the petitioner to a battery of psychological tests. Collateral informants
were interviewed. The information gathered was then studied and collated to
make a written report.
7. Q: Madam witness, in connection with your study, what were your findings
insofar as the plaintiff is concerned?
A: I assess the petitioner to be suffering from a personality disorder classified as
a Dependent Personality Disorder Sir
10. Q: is it pathological?
A: yes sir.
12. Q: Now madam witness, you are trying to tell us that this Dependent personality
disorder is pathological and chronic. Did it gravely affect the marriage of the
plaintiff?
A: yes sir.
13. Q: Why do you say so?
A: It had adversely affected the marriage because the disorder rendered the
petitioner incapable of performing the obligations required in a marriage.
14. Q: Madam witness, with regard to the disorder of the Plaintiff, did this disorder
exist even before she entered into her marriage with the Respondent?
A: yes sir.
15. Q: Is the disorder on the part of the Plaintiff clinically proven by your findings?
A: yes sir.
17. Q: How about the Defendant. Did you infer any findings as to his personality?
A: yes sir.
18. Q: And what is your inference with regards to the personality of the Defendant?
A: I inferred that the respondent suffers from a Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
19. Q: In terms that could be understood even by a layman, could you please
elaborate on the disorder of the Defendant?
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20. Q: This kind of disorder on the part of the Defendant, is this chronic?
A: yes sir.
21. Q: is it pathological?
A: yes sir.
23. With regard to the disorder of the Defendant, did this disorder exist even before
he entered into his marriage with the Plaintiff?
A: yes sir.
25. Q: What then do you recommend as far as the marriage of the parties herein is
concerned?
A: Considering that the spouses both suffer from personality disorders that
are responsible for their inability to fulfill their marital obligations, I respectfully
recommend to the Honorable Court that the petition for Declaration of Nullity of
Marriage between the parties be granted, sir.
27. Q: if the said written report you mentioned will be shown to you, will you be able
to identify it?
A: yes sir.
29. Q: Found on the last page of the same document is a signature above the
typewritten name Dr. Diandra A. Reyes MD, whose signature is that?
A: It is my signature, sir.
30. Q: I have no further questions. Do you have anything to add or retract, Madam
Witness?
A: No sir.
Affiant
PRC ID No. _____
Issued on ,August 4, 1992
At PRC, Manila
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, this 27th day of February 2020, in the City
of Cebu, Philippines, affiant exhibiting to me her proof of identification as indicated
below her typewritten name.
Doc. No. 8;
Page No. 11;
Book No. 23;
Series of 2020
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Makati City
February 27, 2020
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, this 27th day of February 2020, in the City
of Cebu, Philippines, affiant exhibiting to me her proof of identification as indicated
below her typewritten name.
Doc. No. 9;
Page No. 12;
Book No. 23;
Series of 2020