Practice question
The court authorizes foreign service under section 18 and the preceding section but allows only forty-five calendar days after notice to answer. Which is correct?
- The order must observe the preceding section’s reasonable period of at least sixty calendar days after notice
- Forty-five days is always the maximum permitted
- No answer period is needed for residents abroad
- The plaintiff may shorten the period unilaterally
- The foreign trip automatically waives all defenses
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — current Rule 14 sections 6, 9 and 17–19, substituted local service and service abroad on a temporarily absent resident.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/sep2006/gr_170926_2006.html — Guiguinto Credit Cooperative, Inc. v. Torres, G.R. No. 170926, September 15, 2006, main decision distinguishing temporarily absent residents and proper service; current mode requirements and numbering come from amended Rule 14.
- https://oca.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/OCA-Circular-No.-254-2024.pdf — official OCA Circular 254-2024, AO 101-2024 outbound judicial-document application by motion with leave where the Hague Service Convention governs.
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