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Practice question: Judgment on the Pleadings (Rule 34)

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Practice question

A respondent admits the material allegations in an action for annulment of marriage. The petitioner demands immediate judgment on the pleadings solely from that admission. Apply Rule 34 section 1.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 34 section 1, answer failing to tender an issue or admitting material allegations and the marriage or legal-separation exception.
  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — current Rule 34 section 2, apparent no-issue basis for court-initiated or motion-based judgment and Rule 15 treatment otherwise; Rule 8 section 11, unliquidated damages.

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