Civil Procedure - Rules of Court (2019 Amendments)

Case Overview and Summary

Summary of the 2019 Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure

General Provisions
- Defines civil action, criminal action, and special proceeding. (Section 3)
- Provides rules on commencement of action, construction of the Rules, and exclusions. (Sections 1, 4-6)

Pleadings and Motions
- Defines pleadings allowed and their contents. (Sections 1-7)
- Provides rules on manner of making allegations, defenses, and objections. (Sections 8-13)
- Governs filing, service, and proof of pleadings, judgments, and other papers. (Sections 13-18)
- Regulates summons, including issuance, contents, service, and validity. (Sections 1-4, 6-23)
- Governs motions, including form, hearing, prohibited motions, and omnibus motion. (Sections 1-12)

Pre-Trial and Trial
- Mandates pre-trial conference and specifies its nature, purpose, and proceedings. (Sections 1-10)
- Provides rules on consolidation or severance of actions. (Section 1-2)
- Governs trial by commissioner, including appointment, powers, and proceedings. (Sections 1-13)
- Regulates demurrer to evidence and judgment on the pleadings. (Sections 1-2)
- Governs summary judgments, including grounds, proceedings, and effect. (Sections 1-6)
- Provides rules on judgments, final orders, and their entry and effect. (Sections 1-9)
- Governs new trial or reconsideration, including grounds, proceedings, and effect. (Sections 1-9)
- Provides rules on relief from judgments, orders, or proceedings. (Sections 1-7)
- Governs execution, satisfaction, and effect of judgments. (Sections 1-48)

Appeals
- Governs appeals from Municipal Trial Courts to Regional Trial Courts. (Sections 1-9)
- Provides rules on appeals from Regional Trial Courts. (Sections 1-13)
- Governs appeals from the Court of Tax Appeals and quasi-judicial agencies. (Sections 1-13)
- Regulates procedure in the Court of Appeals for ordinary appealed cases. (Sections 1-15)
- Governs appeal by certiorari to the Supreme Court. (Sections 1-9)
- Provides rules on original cases in the Supreme Court. (Sections 1-2)

Provisional Remedies
- Governs preliminary attachment, including grounds, proceedings, and effects. (Sections 1-20)
- Regulates preliminary injunction, including grounds, proceedings, and effects. (Sections 1-9)
- Provides rules on receivership, including appointment, powers, and proceedings. (Sections 1-9)
- Governs replevin, including grounds, proceedings, and effects. (Sections 1-10)

Support Pendente Lite
- Allows application for support pendente lite and governs its proceedings. (Sections 1-7)

Special Civil Actions
- Governs interpleader, including when proper, proceedings, and effects. (Sections 1-7)
- Provides rules on declaratory relief and similar remedies. (Sections 1-6)
- Regulates review of judgments and final orders of the Commission on Elections and Commission on Audit. (Sections 1-9)
- Governs certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus, including grounds, proceedings, and effects. (Sections 1-9)
- Provides rules on quo warranto, including grounds, proceedings, and effects. (Sections 1-12)
- Governs expropriation, including complaint, proceedings, and effects. (Sections 1-14)
- Regulates foreclosure of real estate mortgage. (Sections 1-8)
- Provides rules on partition of real estate. (Sections 1-13)
- Governs forcible entry and unlawful detainer cases. (Sections 1-21)
- Regulates contempt, including direct and indirect contempt. (Sections 1-12)

Effectiveness
- Provides rules on the effectivity and application of the 2019 Amendments. (Rule 144)