THE Supreme Court has affirmed its resolution ordering family courts in Quezon City to handle exclusively all Dengvaxia-related cases.
The high tribunal, in a five-page notice, a copy of which was obtained by The Manila Times, dismissed for lack of merit the motions for reconsideration filed by former Department of Health secretary and now Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin and her co-respondents opposing the consolidation of all cases to a family court.The court's Second Division Clerk of Court, Teresita Aquino-Tuazon, said that under Republic Act 8369, family courts have exclusive jurisdiction over child and family cases.
10660 , cases falling within the jurisdiction of a regional trial court cannot be tried in the judicial region where the public official holds office, the same is not applicable in the instant case,' it said.'Assuming that the RTC and not the family court has jurisdiction over the cases, Quezon City may still be the proper venue as the subject criminal cases in the instant petition for transfer of venue are different from the cases in Section 2 of RA 10660.
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