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Aruego Jr.

vs Court of Appeals
On November 5, 2010

264 scra 711 No retroactive effect if vested rights are impaired On March 7, 1983, a complaint for compulsory recognition and enforcement of successional rights was filed before RTC Manila by the minors Antonia Aruego and alleged the sister Evelyn Aruego represented by their mother Luz Fabian. The complaint was opposed by the legitimate children of Jose Aruego Jr. The RTC rendered judgment in favor of Antonia Aruego. A petition for certiorari was then filed alleging that the Family Code of the Philippines which took effect on August 3, 1988 shall have a retroactive effect thereby the trial court lost jurisdiction over the complaint on the ground of prescription. ISSUE: Whether or not the Family Code shall have a retroactive effect in the case. HELD: The Supreme Court upheld that the Family Code cannot be given retroactive effect in so far as the instant case is concerned as its application will prejudice the vested rights of respondents to have her case be decided under Article 285 of the Civil Code. It is a well settled reception that laws shall have a retroactive effect unless it would impair vested rights. Therefore, the Family Code in this case cannot be given a retroactive effect.

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