[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 95-2016, July 12, 2010 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 95-2016, July 12, 2010 ]

[ OCA CIRCULAR NO. 95-2016, July 12, 2010 ]

TO:

ALL EXECUTIVE/PRESIDING JUDGES AND CLERKS OF COURT/ACCOUNTABLE OFFICERS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL COURTS

SUBJECT:

PROHIBITION ON THE SUBSTITUTION OF PAYMENTS OF DOCKET FEES FROM ONE COURT STATION TO ANOTHER

The Supreme Court En Banc in its Resolution dated 15 June 2010, in A.M. No. 10-4-122-RTC, Re: Letter of Clerk of Court Aideliza J. Lumbatan, RTC, Medina, Misamis Oriental, Relative to a Case for Settlement of Estate and Annulment of Documents for Erroneously Paid Filing Fees, RESOLVED, upon recommendation of the Office of the Court Administrator, that substitution of payments of docket fees from one court station to another, as a result of erroneously filing of cases by reason of improper jurisdiction/venue, is not allowed.

Strict compliance with the foregoing proscription is hereby enjoined.

July 12, 2010..

(SGD.)JOSE MIDAS P.MARQUEZ Court Administrator