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Practice question: Petition for Review from RTC to CA (Rule 42)

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

Before the Rule 42 period expires, a party files the proper extension motion and pays the required full fees and cost deposit. What may the CA ordinarily grant under section 1?
  1. An automatic unlimited extension
  2. An additional fifteen days; any further extension requires the most compelling reason and may not exceed another fifteen days
  3. Only a mandatory sixty-day extension
  4. A permanent exemption from filing a petition
  5. An extension determined solely by the opponent

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 42 sections 1–3, 6 and 8, ordinary RTC appellate decisions, petition requirements, extension, perfection and stay; special statutory finality or appeal routes remain controlling.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2005/sep2005/gr_141524_2005.html — Neypes v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 141524, September 14, 2005, fresh fifteen-day appeal period after a proper timely motion and application to Rule 42.

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