Practice question
An individual establishes valid cause and supplies a full SPA to a nonlawyer friend. The opponent objects solely because the friend is not family. Is kinship an express additional requirement of Section17?
- A representative automatically becomes the plaintiff
- Yes; every friend is prohibited
- Only a lawyer-relative may appear
- Only a government officer may be selected
- No
Legal references
- A.M.08-8-7-SC, 2022 Rules on Expedited Procedures, RuleIV Sections17–18, officialSCcollation printedpages2035–2036: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/assets/pdf/journals/Collation_and_Codification_of_SC_Issuance_DIGITAL.pdf
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