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    Case Digest - AAA v. BBB

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    1) AAA filed charges against her husband BBB for psychological abuse under the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act. BBB was living and working in Singapore and having an extramarital affair there. 2) The trial court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction, finding that the alleged acts occurred outside the Philippines. 3) The Supreme Court ruled that while the extramarital affair began abroad, the psychological abuse it caused AAA is an ongoing crime within Philippine jurisdiction. Marital infidelity is one way to commit the psychological violence criminalized by the law.

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    Case Digest - AAA v. BBB

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    1) AAA filed charges against her husband BBB for psychological abuse under the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act. BBB was living and working in Singapore and having an extramarital affair there. 2) The trial court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction, finding that the alleged acts occurred outside the Philippines. 3) The Supreme Court ruled that while the extramarital affair began abroad, the psychological abuse it caused AAA is an ongoing crime within Philippine jurisdiction. Marital infidelity is one way to commit the psychological violence criminalized by the law.

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    1) AAA filed charges against her husband BBB for psychological abuse under the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act. BBB was living and working in Singapore and having an extramarital affair there. 2) The trial court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction, finding that the alleged acts occurred outside the Philippines. 3) The Supreme Court ruled that while the extramarital affair began abroad, the psychological abuse it caused AAA is an ongoing crime within Philippine jurisdiction. Marital infidelity is one way to commit the psychological violence criminalized by the law.

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    Case Digest - AAA v. BBB

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    1) AAA filed charges against her husband BBB for psychological abuse under the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act. BBB was living and working in Singapore and having an extramarital affair there. 2) The trial court dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction, finding that the alleged acts occurred outside the Philippines. 3) The Supreme Court ruled that while the extramarital affair began abroad, the psychological abuse it caused AAA is an ongoing crime within Philippine jurisdiction. Marital infidelity is one way to commit the psychological violence criminalized by the law.

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    by CESS de la Cerna

        
    AAA v. BBB, GR No. 212448, 2018-01-11 (/juris/view/cf932?
    user=gQjN0d1AwN1E2SmVQSE15STdFUG0yN28wUTFicWFVb1h5Sm91bkdrTm9qdz0=)

    Facts:

    AAA and BBB were married on August 1, 2006 in Quezon City. Their union produced two children: CCC was
    born on March 4, 2007 and DDD on October 1, 2009.

    BBB started working in Singapore as a chef, where he acquired permanent resident status

    AAA claimed

    BBB sent little to no financial support,... compelled her to fly extra hours and take on additional jobs to
    augment her income as a flight attendant

    There were also allegations of virtual abandonment, mistreatment of her and their son CCC, and physical and
    sexual violence.

    To make matters worse, BBB... started having an affair with a Singaporean woman named Lisel Mok with
    whom he allegedly has been living in Singapore.

    when

    AAA and BBB had a violent altercation at a hotel room in Singapore during her visit with their kids.

    despite the claims of varied forms of abuses, the investigating prosecutor found sufficient basis to charge
    BBB with causing AAA mental and emotional anguish through his alleged marital infidelity.[9]

    The Information having been filed, a warrant of arrest was issued against BBB.

    AAA was also able to secure a Hold-Departure Order against BBB who continued to evade the warrant of
    arres

    Granting the motion to quash on the ground of lack of jurisdiction and thereby dismissing the case, the trial
    court r

    Issues:

    whether or not the RTC has jurisdiction in view of the peculiar provisions of R.A. No. 9262... whether or not
    Philippine courts are deprived of territorial jurisdiction over a criminal charge of psychological abuse under
    R.A. No. 9262 when committed through marital infidelity and the alleged illicit relationship took place outside
    the Philippines.

    Ruling:
    Physical violence is only the most visible form of abuse. Psychological abuse, particularly forced social and
    economic isolation of women, is also common."[30] In this regard, Section 3 of R.A. No. 9262 made it a point to
    encompass in a non-limiting manner the various forms of violence that may be committed against women and
    their children... what R.A. No. 9262 criminalizes is not the marital infidelity per se but the psychological
    violence causing mental or emotional suffering on the wife.

    Marital infidelity as cited in the law is only one of the various acts by which psychological violence may be
    committed... the mental or emotional suffering of the victim is an essential and distinct element in the
    commission of the offense.

    Section 7 of R.A. No. 9262 is that the law contemplates that acts of violence against women and their children
    may manifest as transitory or continuing crimes

    We say that even if the alleged extra­marital affair causing the offended wife mental and emotional anguish is
    committed abroad, the same does not place a prosecution under R.A. No. 9262 absolutely beyond the reach
    of Philippine courts.

    Principles:

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