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DEBBIE L. REYES, PetitionerVS.RICARDO M. REYES, RespondentCIVIL CASE NO. 000-001HON. !D"E HONES#O MANANSALAR#C ILOILO, BRANCH $%

!DICIAL A&&IDAVI# O&'I#NESS MERCEDES A. LAMAS

I, Mer(edes A. L)*)s, of legal age, married, and living at 222 Brgy. Progreso, Lapuz, Iloilo City,and mother to the private offended party in this case, state under oath as follows:

PRELIMINARY S#A#EMEN#

he person e!amining me is "tty. #eliton u$ongsapa with address at Banga Law %ffice, &t.#artin Building, 'aro, Iloilo City. he e!amination is $eing held at the same address. I amanswering his (uestions fully conscious that I do so under oath and may face criminal lia$ility forfalse testimony and per)ury.

P!RPOSE+his affidavit*testimony of #ercedes ". Lamas, mother of private offended party+e$$ie L. eyes, is $eing offered to prove that the respondent icardo #. eyes is married toher daughter, the offended party, that while her daughter is initially happy and contented with themarriage, she noticed the months after the marriage that her daughter seems to $e rather sad ofwhich she as a mother (uic-ly in(uired to. rom her daughter she learned that her son in law, theaccused, has ver$ally a$used her daughter when it got pregnant, all the while suspecting that thechild it carries is not him. hat she confronted his son in law a$out this matter, however, theaccused rudely answered her to stay out of their $usiness. hat, on the day that her daughter losther $a$y, she is the one who informed her, and while hysterical, +e$$ie repeatedly $lame theaccused who caused the a$ortion.

/. 0. Please state your name and other personal circumstances for the record.". I am #ercedes ". Lamas, a ilipino, 12 years old, married to "ntonio Lamas, and

mother to +e$$ie L. eyes.

2. 0. +o you -now a certain icardo #. eyes, the accused". 3es sir. 4e is my son5in5law, the hus$and of my daughter +e$$ie.

6. 0. "s a mother, how is your impression to your son5in5law". "t first, I didn7t li-e him, $ecause, I was thin-ing that he is too old for my

daughter, not to mention, he was a former teacher of my daughter, $ut in a longwhile I $egan to accept their relationship.

8. 0. 4ow a$out when they got married +o you still have the same opinion of their

relationship". In the first few months, yes. 4owever, when +e$$ie gave us the news that she ispregnant, she didn7t happy a$out it.

1. 0. +idn7t you as- her why she seems not happy to $e pregnant". I did $ut she says, that she was )ust stress. &o I let it pass, however, in the ne!t

several conversation that we had, I -ept on noticing that something is wrong andas her mother I $ecame e!tremely worried.

9. 0. &o what did you do to ease your worry ". I as- her again, $ut this time she told me that her relationship with her hus$and is

not good, that he is suspecting her of cheating on him and casting dou$t to thepaternity of the child she carries. hat $ecause of this she always received ver$ala$use from her hus$and.

. 0. "nd what did you do upon learning such information". I was angry at first, however, when I calmed down, I tried to confront my son5in5

law a$out it.

;. 0. "nd what happen on such confrontation". #y son5in law denied it at first, $ut when I insist the story of my daughter, he

$ecame irritated and shouted at me telling me to stay out of their $usiness.


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, 2>/6". I was at home, when I received a call from my son5in5law that my daughter has

$een hospitalized. &o, I rush at the hospital.

/>. 0. +id your son5in5law ever tell you why +e$$ie has $een hospitalized ". 3es, on the phone, when I as- him, he said that +e$$ie has a $leeding with

regards to her pregnancy.

//. 0. =hat happened after you arrive in the hospital ". I as- my son5in5law again of what happened, $ut $efore he can reply, the doctor

gave us the news of a$ortion.

/2. 0. =ho told +e$$ie the news a$out the a$ortion ". I did. =hen +e$$ie wo-e up, I told her a$out the news.

/6. 0. "nd how did she ta-e the news ". &he $ecame hysterical at first, she -ept saying that icardo -illed her $a$y.

/8. 0. =hat was your reaction when she told you a$out this ". I didn7t $elieve it at first, at least not literally, however, when she calmed down,

she told me that she was mauled at the head and -ic-ed $y her hus$and that7swhy she $led that cause the a$ortion of her $a$y.

IN 'I#NESS 'HEREO&, I have hereunto set my hand this 21 thday of %cto$er 2>/6 atIloilo City.

Mer(edes A. L)*)s"ffiant

S!BSCRIBED AND S'ORN #O BE&ORE ME, a notary pu$lic in and for Iloilo City,Iloilothis 29thday of %cto$er 2>/6. "ffiant personally came and appeared with Identification Cardissued $y the Philippine 4ealth Insurance Commission on 'anuary 26, />< ?otary Pu$lic for Iloilo City, IloiloBoo- ?o. 8 @ntil +ecem$er 6/, 2>/1&eries of 2>/6 %ffice: 218 "ir Port oad, #andurriao, Iloilo City

oll ?o. 91*/


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I, "tty. #eliton u$ongsapa, of legal age, ilipino, with postal address 29 &i$uyas &t."narose, #andurriao, Iloilo City,after $eing duly sworn depose and say:

/. I was the one who conducted the e!amination of witness Mer(edes L)*)sat myaforementioned office in 218 "ir Port oad, #andurriao, Iloilo City,A

2. I have faithfully recorded or caused to $e recorded the (uestions I as-ed and thecorresponding answer that the witness gaveA

6. I nor any other person then present or assisting her coached the witness regardingher answersA

IN 'I#NESS 'HEREO&, I have hereunto set my hand this 21 thday of %cto$er 2>/6 atIloilo City.

Att. Meiton #/ons)p) "ffiant

S!BSCRIBED AND S'ORN #O BE&ORE ME, a notary pu$lic in and for Iloilo City,Iloilothis 29thday of %cto$er 2>/6. "ffiant personally came and appeared with Identification Cardissued $y the Philippine 4ealth Insurance Commission on 'anuary 26, />< ?otary Pu$lic for Iloilo City, IloiloBoo- ?o. 8 @ntil +ecem$er 6/, 2>/1&eries of 2>/6 %ffice: 218 "ir Port oad, #andurriao, Iloilo City

oll ?o. 91*/

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