JURISDICTION OF COURTS IN CIVIL CASES

SUPREME COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT

MUNICIPAL TRIAL
COURT/ MTC/MCTC

FAMILY COURTS
Petitions for guardianship, custody of
children and habeas corpus involving
children

Exclusive original
jurisdiction in petitions
for certiorari, prohibition
and mandamus against
the:
CA
COMELEC
COA
SANDIGANBAYAN
CTA

Exclusive original
jurisdiction in actions
for the annulment of the
judgment of the RTC

Exclusive original
jurisdiction over actions
the subject matter of
which is NOT capable of
pecuniary estimation

Actions for forcible entry

and unlawful detainer

Concurrent original
jurisdiction with the
Court of Appeals in
petitions for certiorari,
prohibition and
mandamus against the:
RTC
CSC
Central Board of
Assessment Appeals
NLRC
Quasi-Judicial
Agencies
NOTE: this jurisdiction is
subject to the doctrine of
hierarchy of courts.
Concurrent original
jurisdiction with the

Concurrent and original

jurisdiction with the SC
to issue writs of certiorari,
prohibition and
mandamus against:
RTC
CSC
Central Board of
Assessment Appeals
Other quasi-agencies
mentioned in Rule 43
NLRC
NOTE: the petition for
certiorari against the
NLRC must first be filed
with the CA
Concurrent and original
with the SC and the RTC

Exclusive original
jurisdiction over actions
involving title to or
possession of real
property or an interest
therein where the assessed
value of such property
EXCEEDS 20,000
(outside MetroManila), or
EXCEEDS 50,000
(MetroManila)

Exclusive original
Petition for adoption for children and
jurisdiction over civil
the revocation thereof
actions involving title to
or possession of real
property or any interest
therein where the assessed
value DOES NOT
EXCEED 20,000
(outsideMM) or DOES
NOT EXCEED
50,000(MM)

Exclusive original
jurisdiction over civil

Exclusive original
jurisdiction over civil

Complaints for annulment of

marriage, declaration of nullity of

Court of Appeals and the

Regional Trial Courts in
petitions for certiorari,
prohibition and
mandamus against lower
courts and bodies and in
petitions for quo
warranto and habeas
corpus. This jurisdiction
is subject to the doctrine
of hierarchy of courts

to issue writs of certiorari,

prohibition and
mandamus against lower
courts and bodies and
writs of quo warranto an
habeas corpus, whether or
not in aid of its appellate
jurisdiction

actions the demand or

claim of which
EXCEEDS 300,000
(outside MM), or
EXCEEDS 400,000
(MM)

Concurrent original
jurisdiction with the
Regional Trial Court in
cases affecting
ambassadors, public
ministers and consuls

Exclusive appellate
jurisdiction by way of
ordinary appeal from the
RTC and the Family
Courts

Appellate jurisdiction by
way of petition for review
on certiorari against :
CA
SANDIGANBAYAN
RTC
and in cases involving the
constitutionality or
validity of a law or treaty,
international or executive
agreement, law,
presidential decree,
proclamation, order,
instruction, ordinance or
regulation, legality of tax,

Exclusive appellate
jurisdiction by way of
petition for review from
the RTC rendered by the
RTC in the exercise of its
appellate jurisdiction

Exclusive original
jurisdiction over actions
in admiralty or maritime
jurisdiction where the
demand or claim
EXCEEDS 300,000
(outsideMM), or
EXCEEDS 400,000(MM)
Exclusive original
jurisdiction over matters
of probate, testate or
intestate, where the gross
value of the estate
EXCEEDS 300,000
(outsideMM), or
EXCEEDS 400,000
(MM)

actions where the demand

DOES NOT EXCEED
300,000 (outsideMM), or
DOES NOT EXCEED
400,000(MM), which
excludes: I-D-A-L-C
Interest
Damages of whatever
kind
Attys fees
Litigation expenses
costs
Exclusive original
jurisdiction over actions
involving personal
property valued AT NOT
MORE THAN 300,000
(outsideMM), or DOES
NOT EXCEED
400,000(MM)
Cases of admiralty and
maritime where the
demand or claim DOES
NOT EXCEED 300,000
(outsideMM), or DOES
NOT EXCEED
400,000(MM)

marriage and those relating to status

and property relations of husband and
wife or those living together under
different status and agreements, and
petitions for dissolution of conjugal
partnership of gains

Petitions for support and/or

acknowledgement

Summary judicial proceedings

brought under that provisions of EO
209 (Family Code of the Philippines)

impost, assessment, toll or

penalty, jurisdiction of a
lower court
CTA in its decisions
rendered en banc
Exclusive appellate
jurisdiction by way of
petition for review from
the decisions, resolutions
orders or awards of the
CSC, CBAA and other
bodies mentioned in
RULE 43 and of the
Office of the Ombudsman
in administrative
disciplinary cases
NOTE: Judgments of the
CTA rendered en banc are
appealable to the SC
Exclusive appellate
jurisdiction over
decisions of MTC in
cadastral/ land registration
cases pursuant to its
delegated jurisdiction

Exclusive original
jurisdiction over actions
involving personal
property valued AT
MORE THAN 300,000
(outsideMM), or AT
MORE THAN 400,000
(MM)

Exclusive original
jurisdiction over probate
proceedings, testate and
intestate, where the gross
value of the estate DOES
NOT EXCEED 300, 000
(outsideMM), or DOES
NOT EXCEED
400,000(MM)

Petitions for declaration of status of

children as abandoned, dependent or
neglected children, petitions for
voluntary/ involuntary commitment
of children, the suspension,
termination or restoration of parental
authority and other cases cognizable
under PD 603, EO 56 and other
related laws

Original exclusive
jurisdiction over cases
NOT falling within the
jurisdiction of any court,
tribunal, person or body
exercising judicial or
quasi-judicial functions

Delegated jurisdiction
over cadastral and land
registration cases
covering lots where:
Theres no controversy
or opposition
If lad is contested, the
value of which DOES
NOT EXCEED 100,000
as may be delegated by
the SC
Special jurisdiction over
petitions for habeas
corpus in the absence of
all the RTC judges in the
province or city

Petitions for the constitution of the

family home

Concurrent and original

jurisdiction with the SC
in actions affecting
ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls

NOTE: In areas where there are NO

Family Courts, the above enumerated
cases shall be adjudicated by the
RTC.

Concurrent and original

jurisdiction with the SC
and the CA in petitions
for certiorari, prohibition
and mandamus against
lower courts and bodies
and in petitions for quo
warranto and habeas
corpus
Appellate jurisdiction
over cases decided by
lower courts in their
respective territorial
jurisdictions
NOTE: the decisions of
the RTC in the exercise of
its appellate jurisdiction
shall be appealable by
petition for review to the
CA