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Practice question: Residents Temporarily Out of the Philippines

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Practice question

What defendant status is addressed by current Rule 14 section 18?
  1. Every foreign corporation without an agent
  2. Every person who has never lived in the Philippines
  3. A defendant who ordinarily resides in the Philippines but is temporarily outside it
  4. Only a nonresident with no Philippine residence
  5. Every prisoner in a local jail

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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