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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT National Capital Judicial Region Branch 22, Makati City EDWARD X. CULLEN, Plaintiff, -versus-

Civil Case No. 1234454 For: Declaration of Nullity of Marriage under Article 36 of the Family Code

ISABELLA W. SALVADOR-CULLEN, Defendant x ======================= x TRANSCIPT OF STENOGRAPHIC NOTES PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE held at the sala of the Honorable Marjorie Uyengco Nolasco, Presiding Judge on 6th of January 2016 at 8 PM PRESENT: FOR THE COURT: Bernhard Fulgencio Branch Clerk of Court

Joanna Mariz B. Marin Court Stenographer FOR THE PARTIES:

ATTY. JACOB WOLF BLACK Counsel for the Plaintif

ATTY. SETH CLEARWATER Counsel for the Defendant CLERK OF COURT: Call the case. STENOGRAPHER: Civil Case No. 1234454 Edward X. Cullen versus Isabella W. Salvador- Cullen for Declaration of Nullity of Marriage under Article 36 of the Family Code. CLERK OF COURT: Stipulations ATTY. BLACK: Petitioner is of legal age, Filipino, and is a resident of 1234 Tiktik St. Barangay Seattle, Makati City ATTY. CLEARWATER: We are willing to admit all matters regarding parties. ATTY. BLACK: Including the history, number six? ATTY. BLACK: So is number four stipulated? ATTY. BLACK: Respondent is also of legal age, address stipulated, do you admit that? Do you understand that? ATTY. CLEARWATER: Admitted ATTY. BLACK: Five, six, they met on June 2000, they were third year college students at Twilight University. ATTY.

CLEARWATER: Number four admitted, number five admitted, number three admitted, number six admitted.

ATTY BLACK: Number seven? ATTY. CLEARWATER: Seven admitted. Eight? Admitted. ATTY. CLEARWATER: Nine admitted ATTY. CLEARWATER: So from one to twenty-two all are admitted. ATTY. CLEARWATER: On our part, the admitted facts are the following: number one ATTY. BLACK: Ok, we have similar stipulations, are these similar?

Date of birth March 12, 2012. We are not willing to stipulate. It is included in one of our issues. ATTY. BLACK: We are not willing to stipulate A because it is one of our issues. CLERK OF COURT: Issues ATTY. BLACK: kailangan mag-jive yung issues natin eh CLERK OF COURT: Ok so issues ATTY. BLACK: Issue nila whether or not decree of absolute nullity of marriage should be issued in lieu of the alleged psychological incapacity (mumbles) tayo ang issue natin whether or not the marriage should be declared null and void in lieu of the failure to perform essential marital obligations due to psychological incapacities. Legal right over the custody, sila naman sole custody. ATTY. CLEARWATER: Issues stipulated facts lang talaga ATTY. BLACK: We will not stipulate on that otherwise we won’t have any issues. CLERK OF COURT: Evidences CLERK OF COURT: Have you attached all your documentary evidences in your JA? ATTY. BLACK: Yes. CLERK OF COURT: You still have to mark it. ATTY. BLACK: For the Plaintiff, Your Honor, we respectfully request that the Marriage Certificate between the Plaintiff and Defendant be marked as our Exhibit “A”. CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked.

ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the Certificate of Live Birth of Renesmee Cullen be marked as our Exhibit “B”. CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked. ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the Psychological Evaluation consisting of nine pages and executed on June 30, 2015 be marked in series as our Exhibit “C”- “C-8”. CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked. ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we also respectfully request that the name and signature of Dr. Norminda Dawag appearing on the last page of the document be marked as our “Exhibit C-8-a”. CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked. ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Norminda Dawag be marked in series as our Exhibit “D” to “D-4”. CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked. ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the Judicial Affidavit of Edward X. Cullen be marked as in series as our Exhibit “E”. CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked. ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the name and signature of Edward X. Cullen be marked as our Exhibit “E-1”. CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked. ATTY. BLACK: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the Judicial

Affidavit of Dr. Norminda Dawag be marked as our Exhibit “F”. CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked. ATTY. BLACK: Lastly Your Honor, we respectfully request that the name and signature of Dr. Norminda Dawag be marked as our Exhibit “F-1”. CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked. ATTY. BLACK: That would be all Your Honor. CLERK OF COURT: For the Defendant ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the Judicial Affidavit of Isabella Salvador-Cullen be marked as our Exhibit “1”. CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked. ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the name and signature of the Defendant be marked as our Exhibit “1-a”. CLERK OF COURT: Have it marked. ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the Judicial Affidavit of Chezmos Cullen, consisting of seven pages, be marked as our Exhibit “2” and the name and signature of the affiant be marked as our Exhibit “2-a”. CLERK OF COURT: Mark it. ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the Marriage Certificate between the Plaintiff and Defendant be marked as our Exhibit “4”. CLERK OF COURT: Mark it. ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the Certificate of Live Birth of Renesmee Cullen

be marked as our Exhibit “5”. CLERK OF COURT: Mark it. ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the photocopy of Isabella Cullen’s Completion Certificate from Cagayan Provincial Hospital be provisionally marked as our Exhibit “6”. CLERK OF COURT: Mark it. ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the Certificate of Employment of the Defendant from Makati Medical Center be marked as our Exhibit “7”. CLERK OF COURT: Mark it. ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the Certificate of Completion Course of the Defendant from Stanford University be marked as our Exhibit “8”. CLERK OF COURT: Mark it. ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the photocopy of the Remittance Slip from LBC be provisionally marked as our Exhibit “9”. CLERK OF COURT: Have it provisionally marked. ATTY. CLEARWATER: Your Honor, we respectfully request that the Airline E-Ticket be marked as our Exhibit “10” and Exhibit “10-a”. CLERK OF COURT: Mark it. ATTY. CLEARWATER: Lastly, Your Honor we respectfully request that the BIR Form 2316 of the Defendant be marked as Exhibit “11”. CLERK OF COURT: Mark it. There being no other evidence to mark,

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set the case for pre-trial on January 09, 2016 4 pm.

CERTIFICATION This is to certify that the foregoing transcript is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and ability. Makati City, Philippines, 12 January 2016

JOANNA MARIZ B. MARIN Stenographer