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JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT
OF
LAIDA LOPEZ
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The person examining me is Atty. Gio Sebio with office address No. 5 9 Lemery Street,
City of Manila.
The examination is being held at the same address. The witness is answering these
questions voluntarily, to the best of her knowledge and fully conscious that such is under oath
and may face criminal liability for false testimony and perjury.
This Judicial Affidavit of LAIDA LOPEZ is executed to serve as her direct testimony in
the instant case.
This Judicial Affidavit is being offered to prove:
a.) The following allegations and all annexes appended thereto:
a.1.) That Mr Miguel Lopez has openly and consistently demonstrated his love, care
and support for her grandchild Lizelle Lopez
a.2.) That Mr. Miguel Lopez has consistently gave financial support befitting of a
father in the absence/dead of the biological father of Lizelle lopez
.
b.) All other related matters, facts and circumstances relevant and material to this case.
The following questions were propounded by Atty. Jo Sebio. Each numbered
consecutively followed by an answer given by the witness.
1.) Please state your name, age address and occupation?
A: I am Mrs. Laida Lopez, 84 y/o, widow, a resident of 345 Cordillera St., Sampaloc,
Manila. Aside from being the owner of a small mango farm within our ancestral house
in Davao City, I have no daily occupation for I am too old to work.
2.) You say you are a widow. Who was your husband?
A: My husband was Miguel V. Lopez.
28.) You said that Lizelle is respectful. Why do you say this?
A: Lizelle never gives us problems. She did what she was told. She treated me and
Miguel like her own parents since Arturo was gone.
29.) You said that Lizelle is smart.Why do you say this?
A: Lizelle was a consistent honors student in grade school, high school and in college.
We are so proud of her.
30.) Who supported Lizelles education?
A: Miguel and I did. We paid for her education from the time she was in grade school
until she finished college.
31.) Madame Witness, do you know how Lizelle go to school.
A: Yes, usually it is our driver who drove and fetch her from school, but quite often,
when my husbands schedule permits, he would be the one to do so.
32.) You said that Lizelle is a happy kid. Why do you say this?
A: Lizelle loves celebrations and parties and vacation trips. Especially when she was
older, like in high school or college, she would be the one to prepare a simple meal to
celebrate our birthdays, other momentous occasions, and prepare our flight plan and
itinerary.
33.) Whose birthdays?
A: Our birthdays mine, Miguels, Rodolfos Jemimas, Alhambras and Josephs.
34.) How were these birthdays prepared?
A: Miguel and I would finance the celebration. But Lizelle and I would buy the food and
cook them. Lizelle would set the table.
35.) How often was this arrangement?
A: This happened every year until Miguel died.
36.) Here is an invitation card for Lizelles birthday on August 23, 1997 marked Exhibit 2,
is this one of the occasions you are referring to?
A: Yes, this is one of the yearly celebrations we never fail to organize.
37.) How do you know that this is the same invitation card
A: I was the one who procure those invitation cards in the mall upon the instruction of
my husband.
38.) You mentioned momentous occasions. Could you please specify?
A: They were graduation parties.
39.) Whose graduation parties?
A: Rodolfos, Alhambras, Jeminas and Josephs parties for celebrating their college
graduation.
52.) I am showing you now this Tax Declaration No. 02-020-10933 marked as Exhibit 6
which indicates the assessed value of the lot in the amount of Seven Million Pesos (Php
7,000,000.00), Do you recognize this document?
A: Yes. This is the tax declaration for the lot in Davao City, I usually brings this when I
was instructed by my husband to pay the real estate tax
53.) I am showing you another Tax Declaration No. 02-020-10933 marked as Exhibit 7,
which indicates the assessed value of Three Million Pesos (Php 3,000,000.00.00) for a
building in the city of Davao. Do you recognize this document?
A: Yes. This is tax declaration for our house in Davao City, I usually brings this with me
when I pay our real estate taxes for our properties.
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Affiant further sayeth naught.
LAIDA LOPEZ
Affiant
ATTESTATION
I hereby state, under oath, that I faithfully recorded the questions I asked and the
corresponding answers that the witness gave and that neither I nor any other person present or
assisting me has coached the witness regarding the latters statement.
COPY FURNISHED:
(Service by Mail)
Rodolfo C. Lopez
Rizal Avenue, Dapitan City
Jemina Lopez-Syquico
Rizal Avenue, Dapitan City
Alhambra Lopez
Rizal Avenue, Dapitan City
Joseph Lopez
Rizal Avenue, Dapitan City