JOINT VERIFICATION & Certification Against Forum Shopping - Both Petitioners Are Spouses With Different Residence
JOINT VERIFICATION & Certification Against Forum Shopping - Both Petitioners Are Spouses With Different Residence
JOINT VERIFICATION & Certification Against Forum Shopping - Both Petitioners Are Spouses With Different Residence
We, spouses [NAME OF SPOUSES], are both of legal age, Filipinos, and residents of [address]
and spouses [NAME OF SPOUSES] are also both of legal age, Filipino, and residents of [address], after
having been sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and state:
1. That we have caused the preparation of the foregoing [pleading] and have read the
allegations contained therein;
2. That we read and understood its contents which are true and correct based on our own
personal knowledge and based on personal records;
3. That this pleading is not filed to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly increase the
cost of litigation;
4. That the factual allegations herein have evidentiary support or, if specifically so identified, will
likewise have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for discovery;
5. That we have not commenced any action or proceeding involving the same issue or subject
matter, and specifically in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals or any other tribunal or
agency; and
6. That to the best of our knowledge, no such action or proceeding is pending in the Supreme
Court, the Court of Appeals or any other tribunal or agency, and that, if any of us should learn
thereafter that a similar action or proceeding has been filed or is pending before these courts
or tribunal or agency, we undertake to report that fact to the Court within five (5) days
therefrom.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands on this [date], in [place], Philippines.
[NAME] [NAME]
Petitioner-Affiant Petitioner-Affiant
ID No. __________ ID No. __________
[NAME] [NAME]
Petitioner-Affiant Petitioner-Affiant
ID No. __________ ID No. __________
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this [date], in [place], with affiants exhibiting before
me their competent proofs of identity above-indicated.
NOTARY PUBLIC
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Series of _____.