THE Supreme Court sacked a lawyer from the roll of attorneys for committing a string of offenses, including his failure to provide child support to his son of minor age and for falsifying entries in his son’s birth certificate. The case began in 2011 when Marife Venzon filed a complaint against Peleo with whom she had a son. Venzon met Peleo in 1996 when he handled her petition for declaration of nullity of her marriage with her husband. By the time her marriage was annulled, the two were in a serious relationship and, in 1998, Venzon gave birth to a son. Initially, Peleo was a responsible family man to Venzon and their son, even buying a two-storey apartment in Sampaloc, Manila.

Source: Manila Times November 12, 2019 08:25 UTC