JURISDICTION IN CIVIL CASES

SC CA RTC FAMILY COURTS MTC/MuTC/MCTC

ORIGINAL  Petitions for CPM  Actions for annulment of  Actions the subject matter  Petition for guardianship,  Actions involving personal property
Exclusive against: CA, CTA, judgments of RTCs whereof are not capable of custody of children valued not more than P 100k; MM
Sandiganbayan, pecuniary estimation  Petitions for adoption of 200K
COMELEC, and COA  Actions involving title to or children and the revocation  Actions demanding sums of money
possession of real property threof not exceeding P 100k
wherein the assessed value  Complaints for annulment of  Actions in admiralty and maritime
exceeds P 20,000; MM 50K marriage, declaration of nullity jurisdiction where the demand or
 and maritime jurisdiction  Petition for support/ claim does not exceed P 100k
wherein claims exceeds P acknowledgment  Probate proceedings, testate or
100,000; MM 200K  Summary judicial proceedings intestate where the value of the
 Matters of probate, testate or brought under the Family code estate does not exceed P 100k
intestate  Petitions for declaration of  Forcible entry and unlawful detainer
 Cases not within the exclusive status of children cases
jurisdiction of any court or  Petition for the constitution of  Actions involving title to or
tribunal the family home possession of real property where
 Actions and special  Cases of domestic violence the assessed value does not exceed
proceedings within the against women and children P 20k
exclusive jurisdiction of court  Provisional remedies where the
of Agrarian Relations principal action is within their
 Other cases where the demand jurisdiction
or value of property exceeds P Delegated
100,000; MMla- 200,000  Cadastral or land registration cases
where in the value does not exceed
P 100k
Special
 Petitions for HB in the absence of all
RTC judges in the province/city
Summary
 Forcible entry and unlawful detainer
cases irrespective of the amount of
damages
 All other court cases where the total
claim does not exceed P 100k
Concurrent  Petitions for CPM against: RTCs, CSC, CBAA, NLRC, and other
quasi-judicial agencies
 Petition for CPM against first level courts and other bodies;
 Petitions for HC and QW
 Action against  Action against ambassadors,
ambassadors, public public ministers and consuls
ministers and consuls
APPELLATE  Petition for review on  Ordinary appeals from:  All cases decided by first level
certiorari against: CA, - RTCs except in cases courts in their respective
CTA, Sandiganbayan, and appealable to SC territorial jurisdiction
RTCs in cases: - Family courts
a. Constitutionality or
validity of a treaty, laws,  Appeal by petition for review
others from: CSC, CBAA, SEC. LRA,
b. Legality of a tax, SSS. OP, CAB, bureaus of IPO,
impost, assessment NEA, ERB, NTC, DAR, GSIS,
c. Jurisdiction of a lower ECC, AIB, IC, PAEC, BOI, CIAC,
court Ombudsman, and other quasi-
d. Only errors or judicial agencies
questions of law
 Petitions for review from the
RTC in cases appealed thereto
from the first level courts