RA 11567 "Expanding Jurisdiction of Lower Courts"

 RA 11567  - "Expanding Jurisdiction of Lower Courts"

(signed July 30, 2021 by President Duterte)

 

President Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11576, which amends the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980, or the Batas Pambansa Blg. 129. last July 30, 2021

 

first level courts (MTCs) jurisdiction:

 

* may now resolve civil actions of real property

- with an assessed value not exceeding P400,000,

- from the current P50,000 maximum.

 

* These courts will also be assigned exclusive jurisdiction

- over civil actions and probate proceedings, testate and intestate,

- including the grant of provisional remedies in proper cases,

- where the demand does not exceed P2 million.

 

* They will also have exclusive jurisdiction

- in admiralty and maritime actions

- where the demand or claim does not exceed P2 million.

 

* First level courts include

- Metropolitan Trial Courts (MeTC),

- Municipal Trial Courts in Cities (MTCC);

- Municipal Trial Courts and

- Municipal Circuit Trial Courts.

 

RTCs jurisdiction:

 

RTC's jurisdiction amount

- in all civil actions involving the title to, or possession of, real property

should exceed to P400,000,

- over P2 million for actions in admiralty and maritime jurisdiction,

- and also over P2 million for all matters of probate, both testate and intestate.

 

- shall also have jurisdictional supervision over:

- “all cases in which:

* the demand

* exclusive of interest,

* damages of whatever kinds,

* attorney’s fees,

* litigation expenses and

* costs or the value of the property in controversy

- exceeds P2 million.”

 

Delegation to the SC:

 

RA 11567 - delegates to the Supreme Court (SC)

- the power to further increase or decrease the jurisdictional threshold

- of the first and second level courts

- in line with the SC’s power of administrative supervision over all courts

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