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    This case involves a complaint for disbarment against attorney Iris Bonifacio for allegedly having an immoral relationship with Carlos Ui, the husband of complainant Leslie Ui. Bonifacio claims she entered the relationship with Carlos Ui in good faith, believing him to be single. The Supreme Court ruled that Bonifacio's relationship did not constitute gross immorality warranting disbarment, as she distanced herself from Carlos Ui upon discovering his true marital status, showing no intention of flaunting legal or professional standards of morality. However, Bonifacio was reprimanded for altering the date on a photocopy of her marriage certificate attached to her answer.

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    This case involves a complaint for disbarment against attorney Iris Bonifacio for allegedly having an immoral relationship with Carlos Ui, the husband of complainant Leslie Ui. Bonifacio claims she entered the relationship with Carlos Ui in good faith, believing him to be single. The Supreme Court ruled that Bonifacio's relationship did not constitute gross immorality warranting disbarment, as she distanced herself from Carlos Ui upon discovering his true marital status, showing no intention of flaunting legal or professional standards of morality. However, Bonifacio was reprimanded for altering the date on a photocopy of her marriage certificate attached to her answer.

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    This case involves a complaint for disbarment against attorney Iris Bonifacio for allegedly having an immoral relationship with Carlos Ui, the husband of complainant Leslie Ui. Bonifacio claims she entered the relationship with Carlos Ui in good faith, believing him to be single. The Supreme Court ruled that Bonifacio's relationship did not constitute gross immorality warranting disbarment, as she distanced herself from Carlos Ui upon discovering his true marital status, showing no intention of flaunting legal or professional standards of morality. However, Bonifacio was reprimanded for altering the date on a photocopy of her marriage certificate attached to her answer.

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    LEGAL ETHICS | DIGESTS | 1D

    Case No. <2>: <Ui v Bonifacio>


    Adm. Case No. 3319. June 8, 2000.

    FACTS:
    This case is an administrative complaint for disbarment against respondent Atty. Iris
    Bonifacio for allegedly carrying on an immoral relationship with Carlos L. Ui, husband of
    complainant, Leslie Ui. Respondent begot two children with Carlos L. Ui and has allegedly lived
    together with him.
    Respondent claims that she entered the relationship with Carlos Ui in good faith and
    that her conduct cannot be considered as willful, flagrant, or shameless, nor can it suggest
    moral indifference. She fell in love with Carlos Ui whom she believed to be single, and, that
    upon her discovery of his true civil status, she parted ways with him. Attached in her Answer is
    the Certificate of Marriage dated October 22, 1985.

    ISSUE:
    Whether respondent Bonifacio’s relationship with Carlos Ui constitute gross immorality
    for which she deserves to be barred from the practice of law.

    PETITIONER (NAME): RESPONDENT (NAME):


    LESLIE UI, complainant. ATTY. IRIS BONIFACIO,
    respondent.

    SC RULING:
    No, respondent Bonifacio’s relationship with Carlos Ui dos not constitute gross
    immorality for which she deserves to be barred from the practice of law.
    One of the conditions prior to admission to the bar is that an applicant must possess
    good moral character. More importantly, possession of good moral character must be
    continuous as a requirement to the enjoyment of the privilege of law practice, otherwise, the
    loss thereof is a ground for the revocation of such privilege.
    Respondent was imprudent in managing her personal affairs but her relationship with
    Carlos Ui, clothed as it was with what respondent believed was a valid marriage, cannot be
    considered immoral. For immorality connotes conduct that shows indifference to the moral
    norms of society and the opinion of good and respectable members of the community.
    Moreover, for such conduct to warrant disciplinary action, the same must be “grossly immoral,”
    that is, it must be so corrupt and false as to constitute a criminal act or so unprincipled as to be
    reprehensible to a high degree.
    Respondent’s act of immediately distancing herself from Carlos Ui upon discovering his
    true civil status belies just that alleged moral indifference and proves that she had no intention
    of flaunting the law and the high moral standard of the legal profession.
    The complaint for disbarment against respondent Atty. Iris L. Bonifacio, for alleged
    immorality, is DISMISSED. However, respondent is hereby REPRIMANDED for attaching to
    her Answer a photocopy of her Marriage Certificate, with an altered or intercalated date.

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