Practice question
Explain valid service of summons and voluntary appearance as routes to jurisdiction over a defendant's person in an in personam civil action. Does an appearance automatically decide liability on the merits?
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — Rule 14, Section 23; Rule 8, Section 12; Rule 15, Section 12.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/dec2021/gr_240671_2021.html — Eastern Heights v. Tagumpay Realty, G.R. 240671, December 6, 2021, Court resolution, express discussion of the 2019 amendment.
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