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PETITIONforreviewoncertiorariofadecisionoftheCourt
ofAppeals.
ThefactsarestatedintheopinionoftheCourt.
The Solicitor Generalforpetitioner.
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* THIRDDIVISION.
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Theevidenceinsupportofthesummaryjudicialproceeding
are:theorderofpublicationdatedAugust28,2000(Exhibit
A); affidavit
of publication dated September 16, 2000
2
(ExhibitB) ;copiesofthenewspaperswheretheorderap
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1Records,p.9.
2Records,pp.1011.
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TheCourtrulesagainstpetitionerRepublic.
Article 238 of the Family Code, under Title XI:
SUMMARYJUDICIALPROCEEDINGSINTHEFAMILY
LAW,setsthetenorforcasescoveredbytheserules,towit:
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9Rollo,pp.2226.
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InSummaryJudicialProceedingsundertheFamilyCode,
thereisnoreglementaryperiodwithinwhichtoperfectan
appeal, precisely because judgments rendered thereunder,
byexpressprovisionofSection247,FamilyCode,supra,are
immediately final and executory. It was erroneous,
therefore,onthepartoftheRTCtogiveduecoursetothe
Republics appeal and order the transmittal of the entire
recordsofthecasetotheCourtofAppeals.
An appellate court acquires no jurisdiction to review a
judgmentwhich,byexpressprovisionoflaw,isimmediately
final and
executory. As we have said in Veloria vs.
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10Records,p.56.
11211SCRA907(1992).
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But, if only to set the records straight and for the future
guidanceofthebenchandthebar,letitbestatedthatthe
RTCs decision dated November 7, 2001, was immediately
final and executory upon notice to the parties. It was
erroneousfortheOSGtofileanoticeofappeal,andforthe
RTC to give due course thereto. The Court of Appeals
acquired no jurisdiction over the case, and should have
dismissedtheappealoutrightonthatground.
ThisjudgmentofdenialwaselevatedtothisCourtviaa
petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45. Although
theresultoftheCourtofAppealsdenialoftheappealwould
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12270SCRA9(1997).
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forlackofmerit.Nopronouncementastocosts.
SOORDERED.
SandovalGutierrez, CoronaandCarpioMorales, JJ.,
concur.
Panganiban, J.,Intheresult.CertiorariunderRule
65,notreviewunderRule45,istheOSGsremedy.
Petition denied.
Note.The right to appeal is not a constitutional,
natural or inherent right. It is a statutory privilege of
statutoryoriginandtherefore,availableonlyifgrantedor
provided by statute. (Yao vs. Court of Appeals, 344 SCRA
202[2000])
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