Maglaqui-Alfonso Law Office and Notary Public

Maglaqui-Alfonso Law Office and Notary Public Atty. Geneva L. Maglaqui-Alfonso, J.D.

17/03/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž
Please be advised that our Mexico office at:
๐Ÿ“Unit 4, 307 Olongapo-Gapan Road, San Pablo, Mexico, Pampanga will accommodate transactions only until March 13, 2026.

We will be relocating to our new office at:
๐Ÿ“Sitio 8, Capitol Ground, Sto. Niรฑo, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.
The official start date at the new address will be announced until further notice.

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โš–๏ธ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ— ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐๐‚โœ”๏ธGrave felonies are those to which the law...
19/02/2026

โš–๏ธ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ— ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐๐‚
โœ”๏ธGrave felonies are those to which the law attaches the capital punishment or penalties which in any of their periods are afflictive, in accordance with Article 25 of this Code.

โœ”๏ธLess grave felonies are those which the law punishes with penalties which in their maximum period are correctional, in accordance with the abovementioned article.

โœ”๏ธ Light felonies are those infractions of law for the commission of which the penalty of arresto menor or a fine not exceeding 40,000 pesos or both, is provided.

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Unit 04, 307 Olongapo Gapan Road, San Pablo, Mexico, Pampanga

โš–๏ธ ๐Ž๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฌ๐›๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐ข๐Ÿ๐žโœ”๏ธ The husband and wife are obliged to live together, observe mutual love, respec...
18/02/2026

โš–๏ธ ๐Ž๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฌ๐›๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž
โœ”๏ธ The husband and wife are obliged to live together, observe mutual love, respect and fidelity, and render mutual help and support. (๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 68 ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ)

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๐Ÿ“ LAW OFFICE ADDRESS:
Unit 04, 307 Olongapo Gapan Road, San Pablo, Mexico, Pampanga

โš–๏ธ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒโœ”๏ธ The contract of agency in the Philippines is governed by Articles 1868 to 1932 of the Civil Code...
17/02/2026

โš–๏ธ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ
โœ”๏ธ The contract of agency in the Philippines is governed by Articles 1868 to 1932 of the Civil Code of the Philippines.

โœ”๏ธ Article 1868 of the Civil Code states that by the contract of agency, a person (agent) binds himself to render some service or to do something in representation or on behalf of another (principal), with the consent or authority of the latter.

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Unit 04, 307 Olongapo Gapan Road, San Pablo, Mexico, Pampanga

โš–๏ธ ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ง ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌNeed Legal Serv...
16/02/2026

โš–๏ธ ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ง ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ

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๐Ÿ“ LAW OFFICE ADDRESS:
Unit 04, 307 Olongapo Gapan Road, San Pablo, Mexico, Pampanga

๐‹๐„๐†๐€๐‹ ๐Œ๐€๐—๐ˆ๐Œ:โš–๏ธ "๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข."โœ”๏ธ The abuse of a right is the greatest possible wrong.Need Legal Services or a ...
13/02/2026

๐‹๐„๐†๐€๐‹ ๐Œ๐€๐—๐ˆ๐Œ:
โš–๏ธ "๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข."
โœ”๏ธ The abuse of a right is the greatest possible wrong.

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๐Ÿ“ LAW OFFICE ADDRESS:
Unit 04, 307 Olongapo Gapan Road, San Pablo, Mexico, Pampanga

โš–๏ธ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ-๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐› ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ In the case of ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ท๐˜ด. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ป ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต. ๐˜ข๐˜ญ, ๐˜Ž.๐˜™....
12/02/2026

โš–๏ธ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ-๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐› ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 
In the case of ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ท๐˜ด. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ป ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต. ๐˜ข๐˜ญ, ๐˜Ž.๐˜™. ๐˜•๐˜ฐ. 182255, ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ 15, 2015, the SC discussed the difference between Labor-only Contracting and Job Contracting.

โœ”๏ธ As defined under Article 106 of the Labor Code, labor-only contracting, a prohibited act, is an arrangement where the contractor, who does not have substantial capital or investment in the form of tools, equipment, machineries, work premises, among others, supplies workers to an employer and the workers recruited are performing activities which are directly related to the principal business of such employer.

โœ”๏ธ On the other hand, Permissible or legitimate job contracting or subcontracting refers to an arrangement whereby a principal agrees to put out or farm out with the contractor or subcontractor the performance or completion of a specific job, work, or service within a definite or predetermined period, regardless of whether such job, work, or service is to be performed or completed within or outside the premises of the principal.

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Unit 04, 307 Olongapo Gapan Road, San Pablo, Mexico, Pampanga

โš–๏ธ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐‘.๐€. ๐๐จ. ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ‘โœ”๏ธ R.A. No. 10883 punishes the crime of carnapping which re...
11/02/2026

โš–๏ธ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐‘.๐€. ๐๐จ. ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ‘
โœ”๏ธ R.A. No. 10883 punishes the crime of carnapping which refers to the taking, with intent to gain, of a motor vehicle belonging to another without the latterโ€™s consent, or by means of violence against or intimidation of persons, or by using force upon things.

โœ”๏ธ To prosecute for carnapping, the following elements must be established:
(1) The vehicle belongs to another person;
(2) The taking of the vehicle was done without the owner's consent;
(3) There is an intent to gain; and
(4) The act was carried out with force, intimidation, or violence.

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10/02/2026

The (SC) has ruled that same-sex couples who live together may be recognized as co-owners of property under Article 148 of the ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, provided there is proof of actual contribution.

In a Decision written by Associate Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez, the SCโ€™s Second Division granted a womanโ€™s complaint for partition of property and recognized her as a co-owner of the house and lot she shared with her same-sex partner.

Article 148 of the ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ governs the property relations of couples who are living together but cannot legally marry, acknowledging co-ownership based on their actual contributions.

The two women lived together as a couple. A year into their relationship, they purchased a house and lot, and agreed to register the property in one partnerโ€™s name to facilitate banking transactions.

Upon separation, they agreed to sell the property and divide the proceeds equally. One partner signed an ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต stating that the other had paid about 50% of the purchase and renovation costs.

However, she later refused to sell the property and denied that her former partner was a co-owner.

To protect her interest, the former partner annotated an adverse claim on the title and demanded partition of the property. When this failed, she filed a case for partition of real estate and damages, relying on the ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต as proof of co-ownership.

The SC granted the complaint for partition of real estate, as it clarified the provisions in the ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ governing the property relations of unmarried couples living together.

Article 147 applies to unmarried couples who may legally marry. Property acquired during their cohabitation is presumed jointly owned.

Article 148, on the other hand, applies to couples who are not permitted to marry. Only properties obtained through actual contribution are considered common property.

Since the ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ only allows marriage between a man and a woman, the SC held that same-sex couples necessarily fall under Article 148.

Here, the SC found that the signed ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, where one partner admitted that the other paid about half of the property costs, was a binding admission and sufficient proof of actual contribution. This established co-ownership.

Read the full text of the press release at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=160462.

Read the full text of the Decision at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=160431.

Read the Concurring Opinion of Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=160444.

Read the Concurrence of Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=160439.

Copying of this content is subject to the SC PIOโ€™s Credit Attribution Policy: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/credit-attribution-policy/.

โš–๏ธ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ• ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌโœ”๏ธ Under Article 1156 of the Civil Code of the Philippines,...
10/02/2026

โš–๏ธ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ• ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ
โœ”๏ธ Under Article 1156 of the Civil Code of the Philippines, an obligation is defined as a "juridical necessity to give, to do, or not to do."

โœ”๏ธ According to Article 1157, obligations arise from:
(1) Law
(2) Contracts
(3) Quasi-Contracts
(4) Delicts or Crimes
(5) Quasi-Delicts (Torts)

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