Practice question
An ordinary civil action was properly filed under the law then in force before RA 11576 took effect. A litigant invokes only RA 11576 to demand automatic reassignment under its new amounts. Which is sound?
- Every pending case is automatically transferred regardless of Section 4.
- The new amounts necessarily invalidate every earlier court act.
- The parties may erase the statutory transition by agreement.
- Its express prospective clause defeats that automatic retroactivity argument.
- The court must use whichever limit produces dismissal.
Legal references
- RA 11576, Section 4, prospective application of expanded civil jurisdiction: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11576_2021.html
- Figueroa v. People, G.R. No. 147406, July 14, 2008, main decision, law at institution and narrow estoppel doctrine: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/jul2008/gr_147406_2008.html
- Spouses Agullo v. Victa-Espinosa, G.R. No. 269921, April 22, 2025, en banc main decision, governing law at filing and Rule 9: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/apr2025/gr_269921_2025.html
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