Atty Michelle Anne Vargas

Atty Michelle Anne Vargas ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š, ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ. โš–๏ธ

Pushing for accountability in real estate and property development today at the HSAC hearing - protecting the rights of ...
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Pushing for accountability in real estate and property development today at the HSAC hearing - protecting the rights of property buyers. โš–๏ธ

Court duties take us to many places - this time, Moalboal. Grateful to advocate for justice in this beautiful coastal to...
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Court duties take us to many places - this time, Moalboal. Grateful to advocate for justice in this beautiful coastal town. ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš–๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. An agreement that reflects not just law, but understanding between parties. Grateful to help m...
27/05/2025

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. An agreement that reflects not just law, but understanding between parties. Grateful to help my client reach a fair and lawful resolution through a compromise agreement approved by the Court, balancing legal rights and practical solutions.

(โœ…All personal details are removed/redacted for confidentiality. This is posted with the consent of the client. This post is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.)

๐˜พ๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ / ๐™…๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š:

๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐†๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š ๐ฏ. ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง๐จ, ๐†.๐‘. ๐๐จ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.

โ€œA final judgment based on compromise agreement has the ๐™จ๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™– ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™™๐™œ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, and is, thus, subject to the same prevailing principles on compromise agreements after final judgment.

The rule of long standing is that rights may be waived or modified through a compromise agreement even after a final judgment has already settled the rights of the contracting parties. The compromise, to be binding, must be shown to have been ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†, ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. In consonance with the law on contracts, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’Ž๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐’๐’‚๐’˜, ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”, ๐’ˆ๐’๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’๐’Ž๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‘๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„ ๐’‘๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’š.โ€

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๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Unsa ang mga butang nga angay buhaton kung gusto ko mopalit og yuta?๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐‚๐•: Ang pag himo ug due diligence us...
05/02/2025

๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Unsa ang mga butang nga angay buhaton kung gusto ko mopalit og yuta?

๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐‚๐•: Ang pag himo ug due diligence usa ka paagi aron maglikay sa problema sa pagpalit ug yuta. Apil niini ang pagsusi sa background sa yuta, sa namaligya, o sa developer aron maseguro nga ang mga entidad kasaligan. Busa, sa wala pa mopalit og yuta, angay nga maghimo og due diligence ang mupalitay adto sa yuta ug sa nagbaligya.

๐™๐™ฃ๐™–, tan-awa ang titulo sa yuta nga gihatag sa nagbaligya. Pwede ka mangayo ug kopya sa nagbaligya o maghimo og imung kaugalingong imbestigasyon pinaagi sa pag-adto sa Land Registration Authority (LRA) ug i-verify ang titulo o sa Register of Deeds sa lugar diin nahimutang ang yuta. Ang personal nga pag-verify usa ka dakong importansya aron masuta kung adunay mga lien o encumbrance ang maong yuta.

๐™„๐™ ๐™–๐™™๐™ช๐™๐™–, adto sa Assessor's Office ug mangayo og Certified True Copy sa Tax Declaration or pangayo ug kopya sa Tax Declaration or Tax Clearance sa nagbaligya sa maong yuta.

๐™„๐™ ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ค, kinahanglan usab masuta kung ang yuta ba kay gi-apil sa litigasyon o naa bay pending nga kaso.

๐™„๐™ ๐™–-๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ, mas maayo usab nga personal nga maghimo og ocular inspection sa yuta aron makita kung adunay mga nag-okupar o nag puyo sa maong yuta.

Kini ang pipila sa mga butang nga buhaton para sa due diligence sa wala pa ka makapalit og yuta, uban pa sa mga ubang butang nga mahimo nimo buhaton aron masiguro nga makalikay ka ug mga problema sa pagpalit sa maong yuta.

๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ:

๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐š ๐ฏ. ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ, ๐†.๐‘. ๐๐จ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ“, (๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘).

"A buyer in good faith does his homework and verifies that the particulars are in order โ€” such as the title, the parties, the mode of transfer and the provisions in the deed/contract of sale, to name a few. To be more specific, such prudence can be shown by making an ocular inspection of the property, checking the title/ownership with the proper Register of Deeds alongside the payment of taxes therefor, or inquiring into the minutiae such as the parameters or lot area, the type of ownership, and the capacity of the seller to dispose of the property, which capacity necessarily includes an inquiry into the civil status of the seller to ensure that if married, marital consent is secured when necessary. In fine, for a purchaser of a property in the possession of another to be in good faith, he must exercise due diligence, conduct an investigation, and weigh the surrounding facts and circumstances like what any prudent man in a similar situation would do."

๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š, ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ. โš–๏ธ

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โ€œThe test of how lawyers truly become worthy of esteem and approval is in how they are capable of buckling down in silence, anonymity, and utter modesty - doing the spartan work of research and study, of writing and self-correction..It is by their grit in these unassuming tasks, not by hollow, swift appeals to fame, that they are seasoned and, in due time, become luminaries, the standard by which all others are measured.โ€

๐…๐š๐ฅ๐œ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฏ. ๐‚๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ซ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ
G.R. No. 217910, September 3, 2019
[Per J. Leonen, En Banc).

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