OUTLINE 2.

Reminder to the defendant

3. #2
RULE 13 FILING AND SERVICE OF PLEADINGS, B. WHO SERVES SUMMONS #16
JUDGMENTS AND OTHER PAPERS C. SIGNIFICANCE OF SUMMONS
1. Acquire jurisdiction
A. APPLICATION 2. Ways of acquiring jurisdiction over the
B. FILING/SERVICE DEFINED person of the defendant #4
1. filing(#1) 3. Voluntary appearance #4
2. Service (#1) a. Include in the motion to dismiss other
a. If party is represented by counsel (#2) grounds #23
b. Service made on a party with counsel D. WHAT ARE THE MODES OF SERVICE
C. MODES OF FILING 1. Service in person to the defendant #5
1. Modes of filing (#3) 2. Substituted service #5, #6
a. Clerk of court a. Relation of confidence
b. Registered mail b. When it may be resorted to
2. Papers that are to be filed or served upon c. Within a reasonable time
affected parties d. Personal service first
D. MODES OF SERVICE e. #9
1. General rule #4 3. Service by publication
2. Personal service (#4) a. Grounds #7
3. Mail b. Resident defendant #8
a. Ordinary mail #6 c. #9
4. Mailed by private carrier 4. Extra territorial service
5. Judgments, final orders or resolutions #5 a. Modes of extra-territorial service
a. Publication #8 b. Instances #11
6. Substituted service c. #12
7. When judgment becomes final d. #8
E. WHEN SERVICE IS COMPLETE #11 e. #10
F. WHAT IS THE RULE ON PRIORITY OF SERVICE #9 f. #13
1. Personally g. #14
2. Distance makes personal service h. #15
impracticable 5. Alias summons #3
3. Reason for priority #10 E. UPON WHOM MAY SERVICE OF SUMMONS BE
G. WHAT CONSTITUTES PROOF OF FILING MADE
H. WHAT CONSTITUTES PROOF OF SERVICE #12, #7 1. Defendant #17
I. NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS a. Entity without juridical personality
1. Definition #13 b. Minor, insane or otherwise incompetent
2. It shall contain c. Republic of the Philippines
3. When available #14 d. Province, city, municipality
a. Collection of money #15 e. Domestic private juridical entity
4. Recorded without the courts intervention i. #21
J. Who may avail of it ii. #22
K. When may it be cancelled? #16 f. Foreign juridical entity
i. #18
ii. #19
iii. #20
F. AFTER SERVICE IS COMPLETE, WHAT UST
RULE 14 SUMMONS SERVER DO
1. Copy of the return must be served
A. SUMMONS DEFINED 2. Proof of service
1. Definition #1 a. Summons by publication
a. Attachments
RULE 15 MOTIONS

A. DEFINED #1
B. REQUISITES OF A VALID MOTION #2
1. Writing
a. Exceptions #5
2. Relief
3. Hearing
4. Notice of hearing #4
a. Pro forma #3
b. Absence of the notice of hearing #3
c. Liberal constructions #3
5. Served
a. Purpose
6. proof of service
a. gr
b. ex-parte
C. WHEN SHOULD MOTIONS BE SET
D. WHAT SHOULD A MOTION CONTAIN
1. Motion attacking a pleading #6
a. Omnibus motion rule #7
b. Purpose of the rule
c. Raise all available exceptions
2. Motion is one for leave to file a pleading or
a motion
3. Form

RULE 16 MOTION TO DISMISS