RTC Branch 80, Bacolod City

WORK SUSPENSION: All courts nationwide suspend work 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟯:𝟬𝟬 𝗣.𝗠. on Monday, September 23, 2024, in view of Proclamation No. 60, s. 1992 declaring the last week of September every year as Family Week and Proclamation No. 326, s. 2012 declaring the fourth Monday of September of every year as “Kainang Pamilya Mahalaga” Day.

The mandatory application of the Guidelines on Electronic Submission of Pleadings in Lower Courts has been moved to September 2, 2024, pursuant to Office of the Court Administrator Circular No. 117-2024.

For the full text of the Circular: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/guidelines-on-submission-of-electronic-copies-of-pleadings-and-other-court-submissions-being-filed-before-the-lower-courts-pursuant-to-the-efficient-use-of-paper-rule/

Supreme Court Approves Guidelines on Electronic Submission of Pleadings in Lower Courts

"The Guidelines govern the electronic transmittal of copies in Portable Document Format (PDF) of pleadings and other court submissions and their additional accompanying documents, such as annexes and exhibits, for filing in all cases covered by the 2019 Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure before the following courts: Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan, Court of Tax Appeals, and first- and second-level courts (“lower courts”)."