ProbateofWill

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

6TH JUDICIAL REGION
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
BRANCH 30
ILOILO CITY

IN RE: PETITION FOR APPROVAL

THE WILL OF CARREY SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
MANANSALA WHOOPS, NO.: 2290
DECEASED.
FOR: PROBATE OF WILL
KAREN MANANSALA LATUMBO
-PETITIONER.
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PETITION

COMES NOW THE PETITIONER, KAREN MANANSALA LATUMBO, through the

undersigned counsel and unto this Honorable Court most respectfully avers:

1. That the Petitioner is of legal age, married, Filipino and resident of No. 08 Brgy. Sta. Cruz,
Arevalo, Iloilo City, where she can be served with summons and other processes of this
Honorable Court;

2. That Petitioner is the sister and the executor named in the last will and testament of
CARREY MANANSALA WHOOPS, deceased, who died in Iloilo City, on September 23,
2013, hereto attached and marked as Annex A of this petition is the death certificate;

3. That said CARREY MANANSALA WHOOPS executed and left said last will and
testament in accordance with the formalities of the Republic of the Philippines, said last
will and testament (photostatic copy only) dated November 12, 2012 is hereto attached as
Annex B and made an integral part of this petition, the original thereof to be presented
to this Honorable Court at the time of the probate;

4. That the subscribing witnesses to said will are: RUSHELLE B. PARCON, of legal age,
single, Filipino and a resident of Room 3, PRP Condominium, General Luna St., Iloilo
City; WILMA M. LAGANCE, of legal age, single, Filipino and a resident of Phase 4,
Block 3, Lot 8, Lavida Loca Subdivision, Villa, Iloilo City; and ANNA JADE L.
GRANADA, of legal age, single, Filipino and a resident of Phase 2, Block 4, Lot 15,
Carmen J. Ledesma Village, Jaro, Iloilo City;
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5. That the decedent is an inhabitant of the Philippines and a resident of No. 08 Brgy. Sta.
Cruz, Arevalo, Iloilo City at the time of her death;

6. That the petitioner, KAREN MANANSALA LATUMBO, named in the will as executor
thereof, be allowed to serve without the required bond and that Petitioner is legally
qualified, competent, willing and ready to accept the appointment as Executor of the last
will and testament and hereby signifies her willingness to serve and discharge her duties
and responsibilities as such;

7. That the property left by the decedent consists of real and personal property, estimated to
have the gross value of FIFTY MILLION PESOS (Php50, 000,000.00) more or less;

8. That the testatrix, at the time of the execution of the said will, was 53 years old, of sound
and disposing mind, and not acting under duress, fraud, or undue influence and was in
every respect capacitated to dispose of his estate by will.

9. That the decedent CARREY MANANSALA WHOOPS was survived by Janet W.

Napoles, married, and Jaime Whoops, Jr., single, both of legal age, Filipinos, and residents
of No. 08 Brgy. Sta. Cruz, Arevallo, Iloilo City where they can be served notices.

PRAYER

Wherefore, premises considered, it is respectfully prays upon this Honorable Court that
judgment be rendered declaring:

(a) That, upon proper notice, publication and hearing, the abovementioned will of
deceased CARREY MANANSALA WHOOPS be approved, allowed and admitted to
probate;
(b) That letters testamentary (or of administration) be issued to herein petitioner, without
bond;
(c) That such other relief be granted as shall be deemed just and equitable in the
premises.

City of Iloilo, Philippines, October 4, 2013.

ATTY. RIZALEE J. PEREZ

IBP NO. 854908, 1/02/12, Iloilo City
PTR NO. 3621460, 1/02/12, Iloilo City
ROLL ATTORNEY NO. 32747
MCLE Comp. No. IV-0004785, 3/2/12

VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION

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I, _____KAREN MANANSALA LATUMBO____, of legal age, after having been duly sworn
in accordance with law, depose and state that:

1. I am a petitioner in the above-stated case;

2. I caused the preparation of the foregoing petition;

3. I have read the contents thereof and the facts stated therein are true and correct of my personal
knowledge and/or on the basis of copies of documents and records in my possession;

4. I have not commenced any other action or proceeding involving the same issues in the
Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency;

5. To the best of my knowledge and belief, no such action or proceeding is pending in the
Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency;

6. If I should thereafter learn that a similar action or proceeding has been filed or is pending
before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other tribunal or agency, I undertake to
report that fact within five (5) days therefrom to this Honorable Court.

___________________________
Karen Manansala Latumbro

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this _4th_ day of _October_ 2013_ at

__Dumangas, Iloilo City__ affiant exhibiting to me his __Community Tax Certificate No.
384920__.

Doc. No. __2__;

Page No. __5__;
Book No. _10_;
Series of 2013.