Lobigas Law Center

The Supreme Court resolved to amend Rule 13 of the 2019 Amendments to the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure to provide for the mandatory electronic filing and service for civil cases in the first- and second-level courts.

The Court issued Rule 13-A or the Interim Rule on the Electronic Filing and Service of Pleadings, Judgments, and Other Papers in Civil Cases (Interim Rule).

This Interim Rule shall take effect on December 1, 2024, following its publication in the Official Gazette or in two newspapers of national circulation.

Beginning December 1, 2024, all filing and service of pleadings, judgments, and other papers in civil cases in the trial courts must be done electronically through email, except for initiatory pleadings.

Read the full press briefer at: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/press-briefer-no-17/



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