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Disbarment Case: Ui v. Bonifacio

Leslie Ui filed an administrative case for disbarment against Atty. Iris Bonifacio on grounds of immoral conduct. Ui alleged that Bonifacio was having an illicit relationship with Ui's husband Carlos and they had two children together. Bonifacio claimed she was unaware Carlos was married when they met and married in Hawaii, legally recognizing their relationship, but stopped it when she learned his real status. However, Bonifacio presented a misrepresented copy of her marriage contract. The court dismissed the case as Bonifacio's conduct was not proven to be grossly immoral, but she was reprimanded and warned regarding the misrepresented marriage contract.
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Disbarment Case: Ui v. Bonifacio

Leslie Ui filed an administrative case for disbarment against Atty. Iris Bonifacio on grounds of immoral conduct. Ui alleged that Bonifacio was having an illicit relationship with Ui's husband Carlos and they had two children together. Bonifacio claimed she was unaware Carlos was married when they met and married in Hawaii, legally recognizing their relationship, but stopped it when she learned his real status. However, Bonifacio presented a misrepresented copy of her marriage contract. The court dismissed the case as Bonifacio's conduct was not proven to be grossly immoral, but she was reprimanded and warned regarding the misrepresented marriage contract.
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Ui v.

Bonifacio

Petitioner: Leslie Ui
Respondent: Atty. Iris Bonifacio

Facts of the case: Leslie Ui filed an administrative case for disbarment against Atty. Iris Bonifacio on
grounds of immoral conduct. Atty. Bonifacio allegedly is having an illicit relationship with Carlos Ui,
husband of Leslie Ui, whom they begot two children. According to petitioner, Carlos Ui admitted to
him about the relationship between them and Atty. Bonifacio. This led Leslie Ui to confront said
respondent to stop their illicit affair but of to no avail. According however to respondent, she is a
victim in the situation. When respondent met Carlos Ui, she had known him to be a bachelor but
with children to an estranged Chinese woman who is already in Amoy, China. Moreover, the two got
married in Hawaii, USA therefore legalizing their relationship. When respondent knew of the real
status of Carlos Ui, she stopped their relationship. Respondent further claims that she and Carlos Ui
never lived together as the latter lived with his children to allow them to gradually accept the
situation. Respondent however presented a misrepresented copy of her marriage contract.

Ruling: The practice of law is a privilege. A bar candidate does not have the right to enjoy the
practice of the legal profession simply by passing the bar examinations. It is a privilege that can be
revoked, subject to the mandate of due process, once a lawyer violates his oath and the dictates of
legal ethics. one of the conditions prior to admission to the bar is that an applicant must possess
good moral character. More importantly, possession of good moral character must be continuous as
a requirement to the enjoyment of the privilege of law practice, otherwise, the loss thereof is a
ground for the revocation of such privilege. A lawyer may be disbarred for "grossly immoral conduct,
or by reason of his conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude". A member of the bar should
have moral integrity in addition to professional probity. In the case at bar, Atty. Bonifacio was not
proven to have conducted herself in a grossly immoral manner. Thus, the case is dismissed. But she
is reprimanded and given a stern warning with regards to the of her marriage contract with an
inculcated date.

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