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Practice question: Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts, and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts (BP 129, as amended by RA 7691 and 11576; Expedited Procedures [AM 08-8-7-SC])

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does the summary-procedure civil catchall expressly except probate proceedings?
  1. Only foreign probate is excepted
  2. No, all probate proceedings are summary money claims
  3. Yes
  4. Only parties can create the exception
  5. The amount alone abolishes the exception

Legal references

  • RA11576 first-level civil jurisdiction amendments: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11576_2021.html
  • OCA Circular280-2023, Supreme Court Committee FAQs on2022 Expedited Procedures, questions3,4,8,9: https://oca.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/OCA-Circular-No.-280-2023.pdf

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