Ibanez Case Doctrines
Ibanez Case Doctrines
Ibanez Case Doctrines
Court of Appeals
No. L-14758. March 30, 1962
Right to support pendente lite
DOCTRINE: The Rules of Court provide for the provisional remedy of support pendente
lite which may be availed of at the commencement of the proper action or proceeding,
or at any time prior to the judgment or final order.
DOCTRINES: Although the law gives the right of support to acknowledged natural
children, and although the child in question has not yet been actually acknowledged
because the decision has not yet become executory, still as the confirmation of the
order of recognition may be said to relate back to the date of the original decision, it lies
within the discretion of the trial court to direct the father to give support pending the
appeal. Indeed, there may be instances where, in view of the poverty of the child, it
would be a travesty of justice to refuse him support until the decision of the judge is
sustained on appeal.