Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

National Capital Judicial Region
Branch 22, Makati City
EDWARD X. CULLEN,
Plaintiff,
-versus-

Civil Case No. 1234454

For: Declaration of Nullity
of Marriage under Article
36 of the Family Code

ISABELLA W. SALVADOR-CULLEN,
Defendant
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TRANSCIPT OF STENOGRAPHIC NOTES
PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE
held at the sala of the Honorable Marjorie Uyengco Nolasco,
Presiding Judge on 6th of January 2016 at 8 PM
PRESENT:
FOR THE COURT:
Bernhard Fulgencio
Branch Clerk of Court

Joanna Mariz B. Marin

Court Stenographer
FOR THE PARTIES:

ATTY. JACOB WOLF BLACK

Counsel for the Plaintif

ATTY. SETH CLEARWATER

Counsel for the Defendant
CLERK OF COURT: Call the case.
STENOGRAPHER: Civil Case No. 1234454 Edward X. Cullen versus
Isabella W. Salvador- Cullen for Declaration of
Nullity of Marriage under Article 36 of the
Family Code.
CLERK OF COURT: Stipulations
ATTY. BLACK: Petitioner is of legal age, Filipino, and is a resident
of 1234 Tiktik St. Barangay Seattle, Makati City
ATTY. CLEARWATER: We are willing to admit all matters regarding
parties.
ATTY. BLACK: Including the history, number six?
ATTY. BLACK: So is number four stipulated?
ATTY. BLACK: Respondent is also of legal age, address stipulated,
do you admit that? Do you understand that?
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Admitted
ATTY. BLACK: Five, six, they met on June 2000, they were third
year college students at Twilight University.
ATTY.

CLEARWATER: Number four admitted, number five

admitted, number three admitted, number
six admitted.

ATTY BLACK: Number seven?

ATTY. CLEARWATER: Seven admitted. Eight? Admitted.
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Nine admitted
ATTY. CLEARWATER: So from one to twenty-two all are admitted.
ATTY. CLEARWATER: On our part, the admitted facts are the
following: number one
ATTY. BLACK: Ok, we have similar stipulations, are these similar?

Date of birth March 12, 2012. We are not willing to

stipulate. It is included in one of our issues.
ATTY. BLACK: We are not willing to stipulate A because it is one of
our issues.
CLERK OF COURT: Issues
ATTY. BLACK: kailangan mag-jive yung issues natin eh
CLERK OF COURT: Ok so issues
ATTY. BLACK: Issue nila whether or not decree of absolute nullity
of
marriage should be issued in lieu of the alleged
psychological incapacity (mumbles) tayo ang issue
natin whether or not the marriage should be
declared
null and void in lieu of the failure to perform
essential
marital
obligations
due
to
psychological
incapacities.
Legal right over the custody, sila naman sole
custody.
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Issues stipulated facts lang talaga
ATTY. BLACK: We will not stipulate on that otherwise we wont
have
any issues.
CLERK OF COURT: Evidences
CLERK OF COURT: Have you attached all your documentary
evidences in your JA?
ATTY. BLACK: Yes.
CLERK OF COURT: You still have to mark it.
ATTY. BLACK: For the Plaintiff, Your Honor, we respectfully request
that the Marriage Certificate between the Plaintiff
and Defendant be marked as our Exhibit A.
CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked.

ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the

Certificate of Live Birth of Renesmee Cullen be
marked as our Exhibit B.
CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked.
ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
Psychological Evaluation consisting of nine pages
and executed on June 30, 2015 be marked in series
as our Exhibit C- C-8.
CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked.
ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we also respectfully request that the
name and signature of Dr. Norminda Dawag
appearing on the last page of the document be
marked as our Exhibit C-8-a.
CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked.
ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Norminda Dawag be
marked
in series as our Exhibit D to D-4.
CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked.
ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
Judicial
Affidavit of Edward X. Cullen be marked as in series
as our Exhibit E.
CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked.
ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the name
and signature of Edward X. Cullen be marked as
our
Exhibit E-1.
CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked.
ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
Judicial

Affidavit of Dr. Norminda Dawag be marked as our

Exhibit F.
CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked.
ATTY. BLACK: Lastly Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
name and signature of Dr. Norminda Dawag be
marked as our Exhibit F-1.
CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked.
ATTY. BLACK: That would be all Your Honor.
CLERK OF COURT: For the Defendant
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
Judicial Affidavit of Isabella Salvador-Cullen
be marked as our Exhibit 1.
CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked.
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
name and signature of the Defendant be
marked as our Exhibit 1-a.
CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked.
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
Judicial Affidavit of Chezmos Cullen,
consisting of seven pages, be marked as our
Exhibit 2 and the name and signature of
the affiant be marked as our Exhibit 2-a.
CLERK OF COURT: Mark it.
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
Marriage Certificate between the Plaintiff
and
Defendant be marked as our Exhibit 4.
CLERK OF COURT: Mark it.
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
Certificate of Live Birth of Renesmee Cullen

be marked as our Exhibit 5.

CLERK OF COURT: Mark it.
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
photocopy of Isabella Cullens Completion
Certificate from Cagayan Provincial Hospital
be provisionally marked as our Exhibit 6.
CLERK OF COURT: Mark it.
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
Certificate of Employment of the Defendant
from Makati Medical Center be marked as
our Exhibit 7.
CLERK OF COURT: Mark it.
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
Certificate of Completion Course of the
Defendant from Stanford University be
marked as our Exhibit 8.
CLERK OF COURT: Mark it.
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
photocopy of the Remittance Slip from LBC
be provisionally marked as our Exhibit 9.
CLERK OF COURT: Have it provisionally marked.
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the
Airline E-Ticket be marked as our Exhibit
10
and Exhibit 10-a.
CLERK OF COURT: Mark it.
ATTY. CLEARWATER: Lastly, Your Honor we respectfully request
that the BIR Form 2316 of the Defendant be
marked as Exhibit 11.
CLERK OF COURT: Mark it. There being no other evidence to
mark,

at

set the case for pre-trial on January 09, 2016

4 pm.

CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that the foregoing
transcript is true and correct to the best of
my knowledge and ability.
Makati City, Philippines, 12 January 2016

JOANNA MARIZ B. MARIN

Stenographer