Fathers can now seek remedies on behalf of children being abused by their mothers under the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children (VAWC) Act, the Supreme Court ruled.
In an 8-page decision dated July 2022, the Supreme Court En Banc issued a permanent protection order in favor of a father and his child as it dismissed the orders of the Taguig City Regional Trial Court Branch 69.
According to the Court, the father filed a petition against his estranged wife with the RTC in December 2017 for a temporary and permanent protection order on behalf of their daughter. “The RTC ignored the evidence on the pretext that the father is not allowed to apply for protection and custody orders because he is not a woman victim of violence. On this point, the Court finds grave abuse of discretion on the part of the RTC,” the Supreme Court said.
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