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SUPREME COURT
COURT OF APPEAL
REGIONAL TRIAL
COURT
MUNICIPAL TRIAL
COURT/ MTC/MCTC
FAMILY COURTS
Petitions for guardianship, custody of
children and habeas corpus involving
children
Exclusive original
jurisdiction in petitions
for certiorari, prohibition
and mandamus against
the:
CA
COMELEC
COA
SANDIGANBAYAN
CTA
Exclusive original
jurisdiction in actions
for the annulment of the
judgment of the RTC
Exclusive original
jurisdiction over actions
the subject matter of
which is NOT capable of
pecuniary estimation
Concurrent original
jurisdiction with the
Court of Appeals in
petitions for certiorari,
prohibition and
mandamus against the:
RTC
CSC
Central Board of
Assessment Appeals
NLRC
Quasi-Judicial
Agencies
NOTE: this jurisdiction is
subject to the doctrine of
hierarchy of courts.
Concurrent original
jurisdiction with the
Exclusive original
jurisdiction over actions
involving title to or
possession of real
property or an interest
therein where the assessed
value of such property
EXCEEDS 20,000
(outside MetroManila), or
EXCEEDS 50,000
(MetroManila)
Exclusive original
Petition for adoption for children and
jurisdiction over civil
the revocation thereof
actions involving title to
or possession of real
property or any interest
therein where the assessed
value DOES NOT
EXCEED 20,000
(outsideMM) or DOES
NOT EXCEED
50,000(MM)
Exclusive original
jurisdiction over civil
Exclusive original
jurisdiction over civil
Concurrent original
jurisdiction with the
Regional Trial Court in
cases affecting
ambassadors, public
ministers and consuls
Exclusive appellate
jurisdiction by way of
ordinary appeal from the
RTC and the Family
Courts
Appellate jurisdiction by
way of petition for review
on certiorari against :
CA
SANDIGANBAYAN
RTC
and in cases involving the
constitutionality or
validity of a law or treaty,
international or executive
agreement, law,
presidential decree,
proclamation, order,
instruction, ordinance or
regulation, legality of tax,
Exclusive appellate
jurisdiction by way of
petition for review from
the RTC rendered by the
RTC in the exercise of its
appellate jurisdiction
Exclusive original
jurisdiction over actions
in admiralty or maritime
jurisdiction where the
demand or claim
EXCEEDS 300,000
(outsideMM), or
EXCEEDS 400,000(MM)
Exclusive original
jurisdiction over matters
of probate, testate or
intestate, where the gross
value of the estate
EXCEEDS 300,000
(outsideMM), or
EXCEEDS 400,000
(MM)
Exclusive original
jurisdiction over actions
involving personal
property valued AT
MORE THAN 300,000
(outsideMM), or AT
MORE THAN 400,000
(MM)
Exclusive original
jurisdiction over probate
proceedings, testate and
intestate, where the gross
value of the estate DOES
NOT EXCEED 300, 000
(outsideMM), or DOES
NOT EXCEED
400,000(MM)
Original exclusive
jurisdiction over cases
NOT falling within the
jurisdiction of any court,
tribunal, person or body
exercising judicial or
quasi-judicial functions
Delegated jurisdiction
over cadastral and land
registration cases
covering lots where:
Theres no controversy
or opposition
If lad is contested, the
value of which DOES
NOT EXCEED 100,000
as may be delegated by
the SC
Special jurisdiction over
petitions for habeas
corpus in the absence of
all the RTC judges in the
province or city