Practice question
A competent minor fails to file an RPC seduction complaint governed by Rule110. Her mother is available and qualified to initiate it; a remote aunt claims an equal statutory right merely as a relative. No special law supplies a different rule. Which is correct?
- The Rule names parents, grandparents and guardian in the stated succession, not every relative equally
- Every relative has an equal statutory filing right
- An aunt always takes priority over a parent
- Only a newspaper may initiate it
- No minor-related complaint can ever be initiated by another person
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule110 Sections2–5,14,16 and Rule111 Sections1–3: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- AM02-2-07-SC, April10,2002, amending Rule110 Section5 effectiveMay1,2002: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_02-2-07-sc_2002.html
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