Grace Evasco Law Office

12/01/2026

We are off to a good start this 2026. Thank you Lord, 1st win for the year. ❤️

16/04/2025

Important Announcement: Holy Week Closure

In observance of Holy Week, our Office will be closed on:

Maundy Thursday (April 17): No work
Good Friday (April 18): No work
Black Saturday (April 19): No work

Please plan your transactions accordingly. We will be back to serve you on Monday, April 21.

May this Holy Week be a time of reflection and peace for you and your families.

25/03/2025

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Tuesday released the pay rules for employees who will report for work on Eid'l Fitr, Day of Valor,...

05/03/2025

Year 2023 - Gray Walls

Year 2025 - Red Walls

28/01/2025

Happy Chinese New! 🐍

Just a friendly reminder that our office will be closed on January 29, 2025 for the Chinese New Year holiday. 🧧

We'll be back in the office on January 30, 2025, refreshed and ready to go!

Wishing you a happy and prosperous new year!

10/08/2023

SEC Registration - DONE! ❤️

05/04/2023

📢 The Office of the 2022 Bar Chair has issued a Notice announcing that results of the 2022 Bar Examinations will be released and uploaded on the official Supreme Court website on April 14, 2023, after the special En Banc session for the same.

This will also include the announcement of the successful Bar passers who garnered the 30 highest total averages, as well as the law schools which obtained the five highest Bar passers' percentages.

Read the Notice in full at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/For-Posting-Notice-on-the-Date-of-Release-of-Bar-Results.pdf.

03/04/2023

🚨 The Court has issued Memorandum Order No. 56-2023 announcing that pursuant to the SC Approved Calendar for 2023 in A.M. No. 19-11-20-SC, all courts nationwide shall observe a half-day (until 12NN) work schedule on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.

Read Memorandum Order No. 56-2023 at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/memorandum-order-no-56-2023/.

29/03/2023

22/03/2023

22/03/2023

SC: Abusive Mothers can be Offenders under VAWC Law; Fathers can File Case on Behalf of Abused Children |

Mothers who abuse their children can be offenders under the Anti- Violence Against Women and Their Children (VAWC) Act, and fathers can apply for remedies under the law on behalf of the abused children.

Thus ruled the Supreme Court En Banc in an 18-page Decision penned by Justice Mario V. Lopez, granting the Petition for Certiorari filed by Randy Michael Knutson on behalf of his minor daughter. The petition challenged the ruling of the Taguig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) which had dismissed Knutson’s petition under Republic Act 9262, or the VAWC Act, for the issuance of Temporary and Protection Orders against Rosalina Knutson (Rosalina), the mother of his daughter. The High Court also granted a permanent protection order in favor of the daughter.

In granting Knutson’s petition, the Supreme Court ruled that while the VAWC Act excludes men as victims, this does not mean the law denies a father of its remedies solely because of his gender or the fact that he is not a “woman victim of violence.”

The Court held that Section 9(b) of the VAWC Act explicitly allows “parents or guardians of the offended party” to file a petition for protection orders. This provision was further incorporated in the law’s implementing rules as well as in A.M. No. 04-10-11-SC or the Rule on Violence Against Women and Children, the Court said.

The Court further explained that the law speaks in clear language when it used the word “parents” pertaining to the father and the mother of the woman or child victim. The law did not qualify on who between the parents of the victim may apply for protection orders, held the Court.

Read more at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/32979/. Read the Decision in full at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/32898/. The following Separate Dissenting and Concurring Opinions may be found at:

-Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo’s Separate Dissenting Opinion: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/32920/
-Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen’s Separate Opinion: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/32916/
-Associate Justice Benjamin S. Caguioa’s Dissenting Opinion: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/32923/
-Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier’s Concurring Opinion: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/32926/
-Associate Justice Rodil V. Zalameda’s Dissenting Opinion: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/32930/
-Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh’s Dissenting Opinion: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/32934/