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Practice question: Support Pendente Lite (Rule 61)

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

The comment period expires without a comment. Does Section3 require postponing the support application forever until the opponent chooses to respond?
  1. No; expiration itself triggers the stated hearing process
  2. Yes; silence creates an unlimited veto
  3. Yes; the application automatically disappears
  4. Yes; a final appeal must come first
  5. Yes; the clerk may decide the merits privately

Legal references

  • Rules of Court specified Rules58–61: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html Rule61 Sections2–4 and7.

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