Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Second Judicial Region
BRANCH 22
Cabagan, Isabela

REMICIA SIRIEGAN ALLAM,

Petitioner, Civil Case No.__________
For:
-versus-
ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE
ZALDY ALLAM,
Respondent.
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JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT

I, ETHEL MAUREEN BISCARO-PAGADDU, M.D., of legal age, married,

Psychiatrist by profession and with office and address at the Cagayan Valley, Medical
Center, Carig, Tuguegaro City, Cagayan, after having duly sworn in accordance with
law depose and state that:

I. I am executing this Judicial Affidavit for the following purposes:

1. To prove that I am a Psychiatrist by profession and a qualified expert
witness;
2. To prove the existence of psychological incapacity of ZALDY ALLAM, the
respondent, and REMECIA ALLAM, the petitioner, in Civil case No. 22-
____ for “Annulment of Marriage” which is pending before the Regional
Trial Court, Branch 22, Cabagan, Isabela based on my findings and
psychological evaluation;
3. To prove that the gravity incurability and juridical antecedence of the
psychological incapacity of the parties in the said case; and
4. To prove that the parties cannot comply with their marital obligations due
to their psychological incapacity and that their marriage should be
annulled.

II. I hereby attest that my Judicial Affidavit was taken through the
interrogation conducted by Atty. MARICION B. CAPILI-GUINGAB in his
Office at Public Attorney’s Office, Anao, Cabagan, Isabela.
III. I have answered the questions asked of me, fully conscious that I did it
under oath, that I may face criminal liability for false testimony or perjury.
IV. The following questions asked of me the answers I have given:

1. Q: Please state your name and other personal circumstances.

A: ETHEL MAUREEN BISCARO-PAGADDU, M.D., of legal age, married,
Psychiatric by profession and with office address at the Cagayan
Valley Medical Center, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Department of
Psychiatry.

2. Q: Please state where did you obtain your degree in medicine and your
endeavors, if any, in the medical field thereafter?

A: I obtain my degree of Doctor of Medicine at Cagayan State University-

College of Medicine and Surgery in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan in 2001. I
finished my Post-Graduate Intership at Quezon City General Hospital on
October 31, 2002. In February 2003, I took and passed the Physicians’s
Licensure Examination. After passing the licensure examination, I was
employed as a Resident Physical at Tumauini, Community Hospital from
April 2003 to February 2004 and a University Physician at St,. Paul
University Philippines from July 2003 to May 2004 and at Cagayan
Valley Medical Center I had Lateral Residency Training in Psychiatry at
the National Center for Mental Health in Mandaluyong City from January
2008 to January 2011, maam.

3. Q: How long have you practicing your profession as Psychiatrist, Madam

Witness?
A: I have been practicing my profession since the year 2004, more than
sixteen (16) years now, maam.

4. Q: During your practice of profession have you attended seminars and

lectures, if any, in relation to the development of your knowledge in the
field of your profession, particularly as a Psychiatrist, Madam Witness?
A: Yes, sir. During the practice of my profession, I attended several
conventions, seminars and lectures in relation to the development and
updating of my knowldge in my field of specialization. The conventions I
attened were twice in a year in the Philippine Psychiatric Association
(PPA), of which I am an Associate Member. Aside form that, I also
attend seminars and lectures of the PPA and other agencies of
Pharmaceutical Companies, maam.
5. Q: In those sixteen (16) years that you have been practicing your
profession, how many cases have you evaluated in relation to
psychological incapacity of married spouse, Madam Witness?
A: More or less three hundred (300) cases, Maam.

6. Q: Doctor, do you know one Remecia Allam, the petitioner in Civil Case No.
22-___ for “Annulment of Marriage” which is pending before the
Regional Trial Court, Branch 22 of Cabagan, Isabela?
A: Yes, Maam.

7. Q: Why did you know her?

A: She came to my office sometime of 2018, sir. It was followed by two or
more meetings in the following month. She requested for a psychological
evaluation on her and her husband with regard to her petition for nullity
of their marriage, maam.

8. Q: You said Doctor that the petitioner in this case, Remecia Allam sought
your experitise in your Offfice, what are your findings in relation to the
psyhicatric status of the petitioner?
A: In my evaluation, through personal interview of the petitioner and her
collateral informants, including the collaboration of the background
history, anamnesis and mental status examination, I found out to be
manifesting “PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER”,
Maam.

9. Q: And you have mentioned the word “Anamnesis”, can you explain that in
layman’s term, what do you mean by “Anamnesis”?
A: Anamnesis refers to a life story of the individual from preconception
respondent, sir. It provides a thorough understanding of the patient’s
past and its relation to his/her present emotional problems, Maam.

10. Q: As the result of your evaluation and examination, you said that the
petitioner was suffereing from PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY
DISORDER, can you explain Doctor, in layman’s term?
A: PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDERis a pervasive
pattern of negatives attitudes and passive resistance to demands for
adequate performance, beginning by early adulthood and present in a
variety of contexts such as: (1) passively resists fulfilling routine social
and occupational tasks; (2)complains of being misunderstood and
unappreciated by others; (3)is sullen and argumentative; (4)voices
exaggerated and persistent complaints of personal misfortune; and (5)
alternatives between hostile defiance and contrition.
11. Q: Doctor, can you please state what was the method or procedure that you
have conducted before coming up with you findings that the petitioner is
suffering from this psychiatrict disorder known as PASSIVE-
AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER?
A: It is collaboration of the background history, anamnesis, mental status
examination and personal and collateral interviews. I clustered the
symptoms manifested by her and based them on the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, sir.

12. Q: Who are the sources of your information in evaluating the petitioner,
Remecia Allam?
A: Aside from the petitioner herself, I had personally interviewed her
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13. Q: Doctor, please particularly describe the “pattern of behavior” of the

petitioner, Remecia Allam, which shows that she indeed suffers from
PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER?
A: In the case of the petitioner, it withholds information about her feelings,
her ego is fragile and can’t take the slightest criticism and it could be
conflict about dependency, control and competition. The most probable
one is that the petitioner is growing up in a family or social atmosphere
where much importance is to give her needs and what she wants where
expressing personal desires is and is not being taken as selfishness.
She was pampered, controlled and strictly punitive particularly in the side
of his father and when she defies, there is a corresponding sanction
between the petitioner and her family, the reason for which the petitioner
compromised her own desires. Initially, the petitioner contrived to protect
the relationship of her family members and friends which she cannot
afford to jeopardize and carrying her anger out of frustration, which was
sublimating first by excelling in academics though there were already
manifestations of her passive aggressive behavior.

14. Q: How about the gravity of the Personality Disorder of the petitioner Doctor,
can you explain your findings to the petitioner?
A: Yes, sir. The personality disorder of the petitioner expresses anger in a
passive way by procastinating, forgetting, resisting responsibility and
finding fault with others rather than assertively expressing her own
needs and wishes and developes resentment towards others for not
meeting those needs. The petitioner often has difficulty dealing with the
people in authority who became the focus of her anger. And as a child,
who is a sugarcoated hostility, the petitioner had difficulty being
 assertive, never developing better coping strategies or skills for self-
expression and in adulthood, the petitioner harbored vindictive intent. It
is also a result from extremes, excessive pampering or a significant
emotional wound or a series of them culminating in a major trauma of
separation or attachment. No matter how socially skilled she is, still she
has a major attachment dysfunction. The pain never was totally gone
and the bleeding was continous, sir.

15. Q: How about your findings doctor, if any on the curability of incurability of
the psychiatric disorder that you have found in the petitioner in the case?
A: This person with personality disorder can be subjected for treatment but
absolute cure is not attainable, sir.

16. Q: What do you mean doctor when you said that “the disorder maybe
subjected to treatment, but an absolute cure is not attainable”, can you
explain this?
A: The symptoms or manifestations of her personality disorder can be
subjected for treatment, whether through medications or psychotherapy,
but total or absolute cure is not attained. Basically, because she would
not perceived her personality as a problem and seldom would she
volunteer herself for treatment, sir.

17. Q: As to the juridical antecedence, doctor of the psychiatric disorder of the

petitioner in this case, do you have findings, if any?
A: Yes, sir. The personality disorder of the petitioner started to develop
conception, and is influenced by her daily experiences, molded as a form
of defense mechanism to protect herself from attacks of her perceived
frailties. It started to evince during late adolescence or early adulthood
when she established relationships other than her family, sir.

18. Q: Doctor, can you please explain what would be the effect of this Passive
Aggressive Personality Disorder of the petitioner in relation to her marital
obligations to the respondent in this case?
A: Because her personality, without her knowledge, is bringing forth
misunderstanding and chaos to her and her partner, compatability to one
another is not fully attained. Any action of behavior she makes is always
seriously effected by her personality, comprising his capacity to execute
to her marital obligations of mutual love, fidelity, support and most of all
respect,sir.

19. Q: And in relation to the respondent now doctor, do you have any findings as
to psychiatric status of the respondent in this case?
 A: Yes sir, the respondent is found to be manifesting signs and symptoms
of a Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Antisocial Personality
Disorder, sir.

20. Q: And how you did you come up with your findigs that the respondent in
this case is afflicted with this psychiatrict disorder known as Narcissistic
Personality Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder as you have
stated?
A: Similar to the case of the petitioner, sir. The diagnosis is based on the
history, anamnesis, and collateral interviews I have conducted, sir.

21. Q: Who are sources of the information in coming up with the said findings?
A: I had personally interviewed, Norma Adarme Mabazza, respondent’s
mother and the respondent’s aunt, Vilma Bulauan.

22. Q: And after conducting those interviews doctor, what other procedures or
methods have you performed before coming up with these findings?
A: I made collaborations of the information I have gathered, grouped the
maladaptive patterns of behavior and based them on the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4 th Edition, sir.

23. Q: Doctor, please explain your findings as to the “pattern of behavior” of the
psychiatric disorder of the respondent, Michael Adarme Mabazza?
A: Similar to the petitioner, sir. The personality disorder of the respondent is
also chronically fragile low-esteem and inherent to her. A pervasive
pattern of grandiosity or behavior need for admiration, and lack of
empathy beginning by early adulthood as manifested in a variety of
contexts such as: has a grandiose sense of self-importance;
preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance,
beauty or ideal love; requires excessive admiration; has a sense of
entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations especially favorable
treatment or automatic compliance with his expectations; lack empathy;
interpersonally exploitive (takes advantage of others to achieve his own
ends); shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitude.

24. Q: Doctor, you stated also on your findings that the respondent in this case
is also afflicted with this psychiatrict disorder known as Antisocial
Personality Disorder, can you explain in layman’s term?
A: The personality disoder of the respondent also a pervasive pattern of
disregard for and vioaltion og the rights of others occurring since
younger age as indicated by: failure to conform to social norms with
repect to lawful behaviors as indicted by repeatedly performing acts that
 are gronds for arrest; deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use
of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure; impulsivity
or failure to plan ahead; irritability and aggresiveness, as indicated by
repeated physical fights or assaults; reckless disregard for safety of self
or others; consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to
sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations; and lack
of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or retionalizing having
hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another.

25. Q: Doctor, please particularly describe the “pattern of behavior” of the

respondent Michael Adarme Mabazza which shows that he indeed
suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Antisocial Personality
Disorder?
A: Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder of
the respodent is complex and misunderstood and it is an unhealthy
focus on self that effects others in unhealthy ways. It’s cardinal feature
is the gandiose sense of self-improtance; however, despite the inflated
sense of self, below the brittle facade lies low self-esteem and intence
envy of those regarded as more desirable, worthy, or able and it is the
underlying sense of inferiority which is the real probem, the grandiosity
is just like the respondent facade used to cover his deep feelings of
inadequnecy, unloved and unacceptable.The caused of this disorder
can be traced back to genes to parental overindulgence or severe
emotional abuse in childhood because he feels lack of admiration,
adulation, attention, affirmation and may also manifest wishes to be
feared and to be notorious and that it wil disregards his safety and of
those other people and at the same time violated the rights of others
including families. His narcissim paved way to antisocial behavior which
also showed an exaggerated sense of self-importance, intensitivity
towards the feelings and needs of others, and callous exploitation of
others. It also lacks the essential social skills of respect, responsibility
and honesty; lacks of cooperation generosity, kindness as well as
chastify and caution and also even lacks of control of anger.

26. Q: Now, doctor, a while ago, you stated that the Petitioner in this case is
suffering with Passive Aggressive Personality Disorder and the
Respondent is also afflicted by this Narcissistic Personality Disorder
and Antisocial Personality Disorder, which is complex, what would be
the scenario if you have these two persons afflicted with these
psychological disorders continue to stay or live together?
 A: Because of their respective personality disorder are not complementary
and much they do not jive with each other and each one of them
geared towards personal interest vis-a-vis preservaion of comfort to
avoid tension and anxiety and this leads them both to be self-centered
and insensitivetooneanother wherein their compatability to one another
is not fully attained,any action of behaviorthat make is always
seriouslyaffected by their personalities. Thus they are not able to
execute the marital obligtions of mutual love, fidelity and support and
most of all, respect sir were not established even prior to their marriage,
rendering them both incapable to comply with the essential marital
oblighations. They should continue to live or to stay together, most often
than not but their temperaments, will also evince into their day- to-day
activites and the way they perform their marital obligations willl always
be influenced theri intra-and interpersonal interactions, in any way,
reconciliation and compromise within them is far from each other, sir.

27. Q: Do you have a record of your diagnosis about the signs and symptoms
manifested by the petitioner to be suffering from Narcissistic Personality
Disorder and by the respondent to be suffering from Narcissistic
Personality Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder, doctor?
A: Yes, sir.

28. Q: Doctor, did you put into writing, your findings and conclusions on the
evaluation and examination you have conducted on the petitioner and
the respondent?
A: Yes, sir.

29. Q: Where is the documentation you are referring to, Doctor?

A: My finding conclusions and recommendations are in my Psychiatric
Evaluation Report, sir. Here it is (Handling a document), sir.

30. Q: I am marking you Psychiatric Evaluation Report as Exhibit “B” for the
first page and Exhibit “B-1” up to Exhibit “B-14” for the succeeding
pages and Exhibit “B-14-A” for your signature. Do you confirm and
approve my action?
A: Yes, sir.

31. Q: Based on your findings and conclusions, Doctor, what is your

recommendation in relation to the marriage bond of the petitioner and
the respondent?
 A: Since the petitioner and the respondent are suffering from psychological
disorders which are incurable and permanent would only cause turmoil
when they live together as brought about by their inability to perform
their marital obligations of mutual, love, respect, support and fidelity as
effected by their respective personality defect, I would therefore
recommend to the Honorable Court the declaration of nullity dissolution
of the marriage of the petitioner and the respondent, sir.

32. Q: Finally, what is your recommendation after finding the psychological

incapacity of the parties in this case particularly the petitioner and the
respondent?
A: With the situation, the spouses are into, it is better for them to live
separately and to enjoy a harmonious and blissful life apart from each
other, sir. Hence, I recommend for the dissolution and nullity of their
marriage, sir.

33. Q: Do you the recommendation in your evaluation report?

A: Yes, sir.

34. Q: What is your recommendation, doctor?

A: Based on my evaluation report, I recommended the dissolution and nullity of
the marriage of the petitioner and the respondent.

V. I hereby warrant that the copies or reproduction of the documentary evidence

attached hereto are faithful copies and reproductions of the original documents.

VI. I am executing this Judicial Affidavit to attest to the truthfulness of the facts
contained in the foregoing and for any legal purpose it may serve.

DR. ETHEL MAUREEN BISCARO-PAGADDU

Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 10 th day of March 2016 at

Cabagan, Isabela.

TEDDY G. DELA CRUZ

Public Attorney
 ATTESTATION

I, TEDDY G. DELA CRUZ, with office address at Anao, Cabagan, Isabela under
oath as follows:

I personally conducted the examination/interview of Dr. Ethel Maureen Biscaro-

Pagaddu, Psychiatrist at CVMC, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, married, with residence
address at Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, witness in Civil Case No. 22-1273 of the
Regional Trial Court-Branch 22, Cabagan, Isabela; I faithfully recorded the questions I
asked for Dr. Pagaddu and the corresponding answers she gave me; and neither I nor
any other person coached Dr. Pagaddu regarding her answers.

TEDDY G. DELA CRUZ

Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 10th day of March, 2016 at

Cabagan, Isabela.

NICANOR G. GARCIA
District Public Attorney