Practice question
Two siblings are the only parties to a compromisable suit. Their lawyer is unrelated and merely represents one sibling, asserting no personal right. They invoke the stranger-party exception solely because counsel is not family. Which is correct?
- An unrelated lawyer is not thereby a stranger party; the exception concerns actual litigating parties
- Every lawyer automatically becomes a co-plaintiff
- Any professional adviser removes151
- A lawyer’s ancestry decides the debt
- Representation converts the siblings into strangers
Legal references
- Family Code EO209: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html Articles149–151.
- Moreno v Kahn GR217744 July30,2018 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2018/jul2018/gr_217744_2018.html MAIN strangers and nonjurisdictional condition.
- Heirs of Favis v Gonzales GR185922 January15,2014 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/jan2014/gr_185922_2014.html MAIN waived ground.
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