Supreme

Court

Supreme Court

Court of Appeals

Regional Trial Court

Inferior Courts

Family Court

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Cases affecting ambassadors,

other public ministers and
consuls

Petitions
for
certiorari,
prohibition, mandamus, quo
warranto, and habeas corpus

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petitions
for
certiorari,
prohibition, mandamus, quo
warranto, and habeas corpus

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petitions
for
certiorari,
prohibition, mandamus, quo
warranto, and habeas corpus

Actions against ambassadors,

other public ministers and
consuls

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petition for habeas corpus of

children

EXCLUSIVE
ORIGINAL
JURISDICTION

Actions for annulment of

judgments of Regional Trial
Courts

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petitions
for
certiorari,
prohibition, mandamus, quo
warranto, and habeas corpus

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petition for habeas corpus of

children

EXCLUSIVE
ORIGINAL
JURISDICTION

Subject matter are not capable

of pecuniary estimation

Involving title to, possession of,

and interest in real property
(assessed value of property
exceeds P20,000; P50,000);
except forcible entry and
unlawful detainer

Admiralty
and
maritime
jurisdiction (demand or claim
exceeds P300,000; P400,000)

All matters of probate, intestate

or testate (gross value of the
estate
exceeds
P300,000;
P400,000)

Cases not within the exclusive

jurisdiction
of
any
court,
tribunal,
perso
or
body
exercising
judicial
or
extrajudicial functions

Those within the exclusive

original jurisdiction of the
Juvenile
and
Domestic
Relations Court and Court of
Agrarian Relations

Cases where demand or the

value of the property exceeds
P300,000; P400,000; excluding
interest, damages, attorneys
fees, litigation expenses and
costs

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petition for habeas corpus of

children

APPELLATE JURISDICTION

Constitutionality or validity of
any treaty, international or
executive
agreement,
law
presidential
decree,
proclamation, order, instruction,
ordinance, or regulation

Legality of any tax, impost,

assessment, toll, or any penalty
imposed in relation thereto

Jurisdiction of any lower court

Criminal cases in which the

penalty imposed is reclusion
perpetua or higher

Cases in which only an error or

question of law is involved
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petitions
for
certiorari,
prohibition, mandamus, quo
warranto, and habeas corpus

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petitions
for
certiorari,
prohibition, mandamus, quo
warranto, and habeas corpus,
and auxiliary writs or processes

Court of
Appeals

EXCLUSIVE
APPELLATE
JURISDICTION

Over all final judgments of

o
Regional Trial Court
o
Securities and Exchange
Commission
o
Social
Security
Commission
o
Employees Compensation
Commission
o
Civil Service Commission
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petitions
for
certiorari,
prohibition, mandamus, quo
warranto, and habeas corpus

Actions against ambassadors,

other public ministers and
consuls

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petitions
for
certiorari,
prohibition, mandamus, quo
warranto, and habeas corpus

Regional
Trial
Court

Land registration and castral

proceedings (uncontested lot;
contested lot whose value does
not exceed P100,000)

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petitions
for
certiorari,
prohibition, mandamus, quo
warranto, and habeas corpus

Actions against ambassadors,

other public ministers and
consuls
APPELLATE JURISDICTION

Cases decided by inferior courts

in their respective jurisdiction
SPECIAL JURISDICTION

Cases designated by the

Supreme Court not falling under
the jurisdiction of any quasijudicial bodes or agencies
EXCLUSIVE
ORIGINAL
JURISDICTION

Involving title to, possession of,

and interest in real property
(assessed value of property
does not exceed P20,000;
P50,000)

Cases of forcible entry and

unlawful detainer

Admiralty
and
maritime
jurisdiction (demand or claim
does not exceed P300,000;
P400,000)

All matters of probate, intestate

or testate (gross value of the
estate
does
not
exceed
P300,000; P400,000)

Cases where demand or the

value of the property exceeds
P300,000; P400,000; excluding
interest, damages, attorneys
fees, litigation expenses and
costs

Inferior
Courts

DELEGATED JURISDICTION

Land registration and castral

proceedings (uncontested lot;
contested lot whose value does
not exceed P100,000)
SPECIAL JURISDICTION

Petitions for a writ of habeas

corpus or applications for bail in
criminal cases, when all of the
RTC judges in the province or
city is absent
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petition for habeas corpus of

children

Family
Courts

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petition for habeas corpus of

children

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Petition for habeas corpus of

children

EXCLUSIVE
ORIGINAL
JURISDICTION

Guardianship,
custody
of
children and habeas corpus in
relation to the latter

Adoption of children, revocation

Petition for support and/or

acknowledgment

Declaration of status; voluntary

or involuntary commitment;
suspension
of
children;
termination,
suspension
or
restoration of parental authority

Constitution of family home

Annulment;
declaration
of
nullity; relating to marital status
and property relation of spouses
and those living together under
differe stats; dissolution of CPG

Cases of domestic abuse

against women and children not
constituting a criminal offense

Summary procedures under the

Family Code