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Other cases involving special proceedings
Posted on August 31, 2016 by ALVIN CLARIDADES
The other cases involving special proceedings under various laws and rules are:
- Summary proceedings under EO 209 or the Family Code;
- Actions mentioned under RA 8369 or the Family Courts Act of 1997:
- Declaration of absolute nullity of void marriages and annulment of voidable marriages;
- Legal separation;
- Provisional orders on support, custody of minor children and administration of common property; and
- Violence against women and their children and protection orders.
- Proceedings under PD 1083 or the Child & Youth Welfare Code, RA 7610 or the Child Abuse Act and RA 7658 or the Child Employment Act:
- Declaration of status as abandoned, dependent or neglected children;
- Voluntary or involuntary commitment of children; and
- Suspension, termination or restoration of parental authority.
- Proceedings for domestic and inter-country adoption pursuant to RA 8552 and RA 8043;
- Petition for a Writ of Amparo (AM 07-9-12-SC);
- Petition for a Writ of Habeas Data (AM 08-1-16-SC);
- Petition for liquidation of an insolvent corporation (Pacific Banking Corp. Employees Org. v. CA, GR 109373. Mar. 27, 1998; 242 SCRA 492);
- Petition for corporate rehabilitation under the Interim Rules of Procedure on Corporate Rehabilitation, AM 00-8-10-SC;
- Arbitration under a contract or submission shall be deemed a special proceeding (Sec. 22, RA 876); and
- Proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of an arbitration agreement or for the vacation, setting aside, correction or modification of an arbitral award and any application with a court for arbitration assistance and supervision (Sec. 47, RA 9285). x x x."