COURT

TYPE OF JURISDICTION

CASES/ACTIONS/PROCEEDINGS
Actions involving personal property
Actions demanding sum of money
Admiralty and maritime cases
Probate proceedings, testate or intestate

Actions involving title or possession of real property

Exclusive Original
MTC

Forcible entry and unlawful detainer

Delegated
Special

Provisional remedies in principal actions w/n their jurisdiction (preliminary

attachment, preliminary injunction, etc.)
Inclusion and exclusion of voters
Small claims cases
Cadastral and land registration cases assigned by the SC where there is no
controversy or opposition or in contested lots
Petition for Habeas Corpus in the absence of all RTC judges
Actions involving personal property
Actions demanding sum of money
Admiralty and maritime cases
Probate proceedings, testate or intestate

RTC

Exclusive Original

Actions involving title or possession of real property

All civil actions in which the subject of the litigation is incapable of pecuniary
estimation
In all actions involving the contract of marriage and marital relations

JURISDICTIONAL
AMOUNT/NOTES
Valued at/amount not
exceeding
P300,000- outside Metro
Manila
P400,000- within Metro
Manila
Value not exceeding
P20,000- outside Metro
Manila
P50,000- within Metro
Manila
With jurisdiction to resolve
issue of ownership to
determine issue of
possession

Valued at no more than

P100,000

Valued more than/amount

exceeding
P300,000- outside Metro
Manila
P400,000- within Metro
Manila
Value exceeding
P20,000- outside Metro
Manila
P50,000- within Metro
Manila

When there are no Family

courts in the area

All civil actions and special proceedings falling within the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court (JDRC) and Court of
Agrarian Relation
All cases not within the exclusive jurisdiction of any court, tribunal, person,
or body exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions
Appellate

Exclusive Original

CA

Exclusive Appellate

Appellate

Exclusive Original

SC

Appellate

All cases decided by MTCs in their respective territorial jurisdiction

Actions for annulment of judgments of RTC

Ordinary appeals from the RTC and the Family Court
Petition for Review from
Decisions rendered by RTC
Decisions, resolutions, orders, or awards of the CSC, or other bodies
mentioned in Rule 43
Office of the Ombudsman in admin disciplinary cases
Decisions of MTC in cadastral or land registration cases
Petitions for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus against the:
CA
COMELEC
COA
Sandiganbayan
CTA
Petition for review on certiorari against the:
CA
CTA
Sandiganbayan
RTC in cases involving
constitutionality or validity of law, treaty,
international or executive agreement, PD,
proclamation, order, instruction, order,
instruction, ordinance or regulation
Legality of a tax, impost, assessment, toll or
penalty
Jurisdiction of a lower court
Errors or question of law

Family Courts

Court of Tax Appeals

Commercial Court

Exclusive Original

Petitions for guardianship, custody of children and habeas corpus involving

children
Petitions for adoption for children and the revocation thereof
Complaints for annulment of marriage, declaration of nullity of marriage and
those relation to status and property relations of husband and wife or those
living together under different status and agreements, and petitions for
dissolution of conjugal partnership of gains
Petitions for support and/or acknowledgement
Summary judicial proceedings brought under the Family Code
Petitions for declaration of status of children as abandoned, dependent or
neglected children, petitions for voluntary or involuntary commitment of
children, the suspension, termination or restoration of parental authority
and other cases under PD 603 and other related laws
Petitions for constitution of family home
Cases against minors cognizable under the Dangerous Drugs Act
Violations of RA 7610 (VAWC)
Cases of domestic violence against women and children

Exclusive Original

Decisions of the Collector of Internal Revenue in cases involving disputed

assessments, refunds of taxes, fees or other charges, penalties imposed in
relation thereto, or other matters arising under the NIRC
Decisions of the Commissioner of Customs in cases involving liability for
customs duties, fees, or other money charges; seizure, detention or release
of property affected; fines, forfeitures, or other matters arising penalties
imposed in relation thereto; and other matters arising under the Customs
Law
Decisions of provincial or city Boards of Assessment Appeals in cases
involving the assessment and taxation of real property or other matters
arising under the Assessment Law

Exclusive Original

Cases involving violations of Intellectual Property Rights

Cases formerly cognizable by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(a) Devices or schemes employed by or any acts, of the board of directors,
business associates, its officers or partnership, amounting to fraud and
misrepresentation which may be detrimental to the interest of the public
and/or of the stockholder, partners, members of associations or
organizations registered with the Commission;
(b) Controversies arising out of intra-corporate or partnership relations,
between and among stockholders, members, or associates; between any or

all of them and the corporation, partnership or association of which they are
stockholders, members or associates, respectively; and between such
corporation, partnership or association and the state insofar as it concerns
their individual franchise or right to exist as such entity; and
(c) Controversies in the election or appointments of directors, trustees,
officers or managers of such corporations, partnerships or associations.

Environmental Court

Exclusive Original

Exclusive Original
Sandiganbayan

Exclusive Appellate

Environmental cases
Cases involving violations of the Fisheries code and the National Protected
Areas System Act
Cases involving violations of
1. Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act
2. RA 1379
3. Articles 210-212 of the RPC
Other offenses or felonies committed by public officials mentioned above in
relation to their office
Civil and criminal cases filed pursuant to and in connection with Executive
Order Nos. 1, 2, 14, and 14-A series of 1986
Petitions for the issuance of the writs of mandamus, prohibition, certiorari,
habeas corpus injunctions and other ancillary writs and processes in aid of
its appellate jurisdiction
Cases involving the principally accused officials that are below grade 27,
original jurisdiction will be with either MTC or RTC; the Sandiganbayan will
exercise exclusive appellate jurisdiction on said cases

One of the principally

accused officials must be a
government official
classified as grade 27 or
higher, a member of the
congress, a member of the
judiciary, or a chairman of
the constitutional
commissions

Courts
SC and CA

SC and RTC
SC, CA, and RTC

Concurrent Jurisdiction
Cases
Petitions for certiorari, prohibition, mandamus against the:
RTC
CSC
Central Board of Assessment Appeals
Other quasi-judicial agencies in Rule 43
NLRC
Cases affecting ambassadors, public ministers and consuls
Petitions for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus against lower courts and other bodies
Petitions for quo warranto and habeas corpus