Dadivas de Villanueva v. Villanueva, 54 Phil 93
"The law is not so unreasonable as to require a wife to live in marital relations with a husband whose incurable propensity towards other women makes common habitation with him unbearable...xxx" My dears, this case happened even before World War 2, think 1927-ish era. Nevertheless, the story seems familiar, in fact, this is still good case law as it is still cited in one of my Remedial law books. Villanueva v. Villanueva G.R. No. L-33352 Facts The wife (Aurelia Dadivas de Villanueva) files for support against the husband (Rafael Villanueva) to obtain separate maintenance as she decided to live separately from the marital home (a month before filing this case) due to the husband's cruelty and repeated infidelity with other women outside their marital ties. The wife also wants to obtain custody of their 2 younger children, aged 10 and 9 as well as reimbursement of attorney's fees incurred for this case. It appears that during the ten years prior to the ...