REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)
LEGAZPI CITY ) s.s
AFFIDAVIT OF MERIT
I, Kirsten C. Sazon, of legal age, single, Filipino and resident of
Daraga Albay, after being duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby depose
and state that:
1. I am the Petitioner in the case entitled KIRSTEN SAZON versus
GABRIELLE CJ LAGRIMAS FOR COLLECTION OF SUM OF
MONEY BASED ON BOUNCING CHECKS WITH DAMAGES
docketed as Civil Case No. 54304 and pending before the Regional Trial
Court;
2. I have caused the preparation of the “Petition for Relief from Judgment” to
which this affidavit is attached;
3. I have read the allegations contained therein and I hereby state that the same
is true and correct of my personal knowledge and based on authentic records;
4. I have received a copy of the resolution of the Regional Trial Court
dismissing my petition for failure to prosecute for an unreasonable length of
time;
5. The reason for my failure to proceed with the steps necessary for my case
was due to the fact that my counsel, Atty. Anna Dizon was admitted in the
UST Legazpi Hospital for an emergency operation due to heart failure;
6. The foregoing circumstance that led to the dismissal of my petition
constitute mistake and/or excusable negligence which ordinary prudence
could not have guarded against and by reason of which I have been
impaired of my rights, especially because a judgment was rendered by the
court without affording me the chance to present my evidence;
7. I voluntarily execute this Affidavit of Merit to attest to the truth of the
foregoing facts and in order to support the grounds in my “Motion for
Reconsideration” as it really shows that the same is meritorious and in order
that the Order or Judgment rendered against me be reconsidered and set aside
and a new one be issued reinstating the instant case.
Affiant adds nothing more at this time.
July 7, 2024, Daraga Albay, Philippines.
KIRSTEN SAZON
(Affiant)
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)
DONE: IN THE CITY OF LEGAZPI) S.S.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 8th day of July 2024 personally
appeared Kirsten C. Sazon with her competent evidence of identity, this being her
SSS ID No. 167346 and Philippine National ID No. 089268 containing her name,
picture, and signature known to me to be the same person who executed the
foregoing instrument and who acknowledged to me that the same is his free act and
voluntary deed.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL.
ATTY. MARIA JOSON
Mendrez St., Rawis, Legazpi City
Notary Public for the City of Legazpi
My commission expires on September 20, 2024
PTR No. 92222; 08/12/2020; Legazpi City
IBP OR No: 6998036 01/04/2020; Legazpi City
Roll No.: 9037; 04/2019
MCLE Compliance No. IV-022453/04-15-19
Doc. No. 231;
Page No. 49 ;
Book No. XX;
Series of 2016.
