REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

THIRD JUDICIAL REGION
MOOT COURT

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,

CRIM. CASE No. __
- versus - For: Violation of R.A. 9262
EZEKIEL PUNZALAN,
Accused.
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INFORMATION

The undersigned Prosecutor accuses EZEKIEL PUNZALAN of violation of Republic

Act No. 9262, committed as follows:

That on May 17, 2018 Ezekiel Punzalan, caused, threatened, and

attempted to do further physical harm to the children of Clara
Punzalan, placed them in constant fear of imminent physical harm,
deprived them of financial support legally due to the family, deliberately
provided them insufficient financial support, prevented Clara in
engaging any legitimate occupation, business or any activity, solely
controlled the conjugal or common money and properties, engaged in
purposeful and knowing conduct causing repetitive substantial
emotional or psychological distress to them by destroying the property
and personal belongings of them and through engagement of
harassment or violence, causing repetitive mental and emotional
anguish, public ridicule and humiliation to them, and repetitive verbal
and emotional abuse and denial of financial support for the children,
thereby willfully, unlawfully and feloniously violated Sections 5(a), 5(b),
5(c), 5(d), 5(e2), 5(e3), 5(e4), 5(h4), 5(h5), and 5(i) of R.A. 9262 “Anti-
Violence Act Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004”.

ALL CONTRARY TO LAW:

Angeles City, Philippines, January 21, 2019

KATRIN ANTHEA ROJO

Prosecutor I
MCLE COMP NO. IV-0000000

WITNESSES:
1.
2.
CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that a preliminary investigation in this case has been conducted under
my direction and control in accordance with law; that I have examined the
complaining witness and on the basis of the sworn statement and other evidence
submitted before me there is reasonable ground to believe that the offense charged
has been committed and that the accused is probably guilty thereof; that the accused
is informed of the complaint and the evidence submitted against her and that she was
given the opportunity to submit controverting evidence.

KATRIN ANTHEA ROJO

Prosecutor I
MCLE COMP No. IV-0000000
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to me this 21ST day of January, 2019 at Angeles City,
Philippines. The foregoing Information is executed with the prior authority and
approval of the undersigned.
 ARLENE DANE SALAS
City Prosecutor
MCLE COMPLIANCE NO. III-0000000
RECOMMENDED BAIL: 150,000PHP
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)
CITY OF ANGELES. . . . . . . . . . .) SS.

COMPLAINT AFFIDAVIT
I, CLARA PUNZALAN, of legal age, married, Filipino, with
residence at Block 3, Lot 12, Phase 1 A, Pesto Communities,
Angeles City, after having been duly sworn in accordance with
law, do hereby depose and say:

1. That I am married to EZEKIEL PUNZALAN, with

address at 0484 Barangay Chorva, Dun Dun, Angeles City,
currently employed as an Aircraft Engineer in Etihad Airway,
situated in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates;

2. That on December 15, 1999, Ezekiel Punzalan (Zeke

for brevity) and I married each other before Hon. Katrin Anthea
Rojo in Regional Trial Court-Branch 57, Sto. Estierro St., Angeles
City, as evidenced by a Certificate of Marriage recorded in the
Office of the Civil Registrar General, under Registry No. 12-3456,
with Marriage License No. 1234567, a xerox copy of the
aforementioned document is hereto attached and marked as
Annex “A” to form the same as an integral part hereof;

3. That on May 20, 2000, with love for each other, we

begotten our first child, BEBE GIRL PUNZALAN (Girl for brevity),
at the Mother of Perpetual Help Hospital, Angeles City, as
evidenced by a Certificate of Live Birth recorded in the Office of
the Civil Registrar General, under Registry No. 2000-1234, a
xerox copy of the aforementioned document is hereto attached
and marked as Annex “B” to form the same as an integral part
hereof;

4. That on November 18, 2004, again with love for each

other, we begotten our second child, BEBE BOY PUNZALAN (Boy
for brevity), at the Angeles University Foundation Medical Center,
Angeles City, as evidenced by a Certificate of Live Birth recorded
in the Office of the Civil Registrar General, under Registry No.
2004-12345, a xerox copy of the aforementioned document is
hereto attached and marked as Annex “C” to form the same as an
integral part hereof;

5. That since December 15, 1999, my husband and I

stayed together at the same current address he has as
aforementioned, together with my Mother-in-Law Maela, Sister-
in-Law Rosheena, and my Father-in-Law, until around 2005;

6. That at the start of our marriage, I opted to be

employed in order to have my own personal money as I have
never experienced handling our budget since Zeke solely controls
the conjugal or common money and properties of our home
through his sister, Rosheena, however, around 2001, since my
Father-in-Law started to get ill and nobody is able to attend to
our daughter, Girl, I was then compelled to stop from working;

7. That around October, 2003, since I am not able to get

a hold of any money for myself, I tried to apply for work again but
was, however, halted as Zeke, without my knowledge and
consent, already planned on taking me and my daughter, Girl, in
Abu Dhabi to spend our vacation there;

8. That in order to prevent the expiration of our Visa, my

daughter and I had to go back to Abu Dhabi by February 2004,
in which we did, and there we conceived our second child Boy,
however, around August, 2004, we were not able to return to Abu
Dhabi as I was told that I can no longer ride an airplane because
of my 5-month pregnancy with our second child, it was then that
our marriage started to go adverse;

9. That later in the same year, I gave birth to our second

child, Boy, unfortunately, the birth of our second child did not
stop the quarrels between my husband and I which instead
worsen;

10. That most of our quarrels then are about money as to

where they are being spent even though what I receive from him
were never enough as he deliberately gives us insufficient
financial support all the time, in fact, his salary is so high and it
has been always questionable as to where his salary goes, as
evidenced by his Monthly Payslip, a xerox copy of the
aforementioned document is hereto attached and marked as
Annex “D” to form the same as an integral part hereof;

11. That since I am not able to get a hold of any money,

even for my personal necessities, I insisted on going to work,
unfortunately however, I was never able to pursue the same at
that time as it would then start another quarrel between us since
he would get angry at me every time I try to insist the same, he
would verbally abuse me by cursing at me and most of the time,
in the midst of our quarrel, he would inflict physical harm to me,
such as strangling me in the neck or striking me with his fist, in
fact, he would do the same despite the fact that he carries with
him our youngest child, Boy, who was then still at his tender age,
and since I fear for the same to happen again, I just abide with
what he wants, thus preventing me from engaging an occupation,
business, or any activity;

12. That around 2005, it was decided that we would stay

in an apartment near his family’s house, however, our marriage
only got worse, every time he comes home from Abu Dhabi, he
would sometimes go and stay in the latter all day and leave me
and his children back in the apartment, most of the time he
would bring our children with him and leave me alone until night
time on a daily basis for many years, he never spends time with
me despite him going home from Abu Dhabi only twice a year, in
fact, even when the night falls, he is either sexually cold or most
of the time refuses to have sex with me;

13. That the lack of sexual intercourse with my husband

and his insufficient financial support, together with the repetitive
verbal and physical abuse that I receive from him started to
cause emotional and mental anguish on my part, in fact, there
are times where I suffer sleepless nights thinking about the fact
that we are physically together in bed but never have sex despite
the fact that we are married;

14. That there was one night where I could not go to

sleep, because of my uneasiness with our status, I relayed to him
my urge to go outside but he got angry and again inflicted
physical harm to me, in fact, he even banged my head against
the cabinet which woke up our children as they sleep in the same
room as ours, because of what they witnessed, they felt grief for
me and embraced me tightly while tears fall down our faces;

15. That every time he goes home from Abu Dhabi, he

never spent time with us alone, he would always bring his family
with us in our walks to which I never had the opportunity to
contribute anything at all because of the fact that it was only
Zeke who plans everything, and her sister Rosheena was the only
one who budgets all of it as she holds the financial support
supposedly handled by me ever since we started our marital
union, in fact, only when everything has been finalized would be
the only time that they would relay to me their plans and I would
not be able to do anything but to abide to their wants, this
further aggravated the mental and emotional anguish that I
receive from him;

16. That my children never felt what it was to have a real

family, in fact, the only time that my husband went home to
celebrate a birthday with us was on the first birthday of our
daughter Girl, thereafter, not a single celebration of our
children’s birthdays, nor mine, was he present anymore, he
would only go home every Decembers and Julys of the year
consistently for many years, this further aggravated the mental
and emotional anguish that I receive from him;

17. That despite the lack of sexual intercourse with my

husband and his insufficient financial support, together with the
emotional and mental anguish, repetitive verbal abuse, physical
harm, and the imminent fear of the same that I receive from him,
not once did it cross to my mind to separate from him nor did I
thought of any possibility of marital infidelity on his part;
 18. That around May, 2013, his sister, Rosheena, and
mother, Maela, went ahead to Abu Dhabi to spend vacation there
to which my children and I followed 2 weeks thereafter;

19. That when we arrived to the place where my husband

stays, there were two noticeable big boxes that surprised us,
when I asked my husband as to the contents hereof, he
immediately replied that it was not his as the same where
allegedly owned by his friend;

20. That despite the fact that my husband receives family

assistance, such as additional financial support, from his
company and our continuous tour with the children, I never felt
any improvement in our status, he would still be cold and
irritated to me all of the time;

21. That in the midst of our vacation, while I was cooking

for our breakfast, I noticed his iPad unlocked and saw that he
has a message from a woman named Genie Abeleda (Genie for
brevity), who was asking for 1,000AED, while cowering, I further
read the conversation, my husband told her that it would be
better if she would rather loan money from her older brother
since we, his family, still stays at Abu Dhabi, and having the
urge to verify even further as to his relationship with Genie, I
read further and to my demise, I saw their conversation greeting
each other “Happy 10th Anniversary!”, I could not believe the
marital infidelity that I saw and all I could do was kneel down
and shed tears, this further aggravated the mental and emotional
anguish that I receive from him;

22. That when Zeke came home from work, I confronted

him about the aforementioned conversation, he agitatedly denied
the same, thereafter, he asked if I saw the conversation from the
iPad and immediately grabbed the same and deliberately went to
the living room where the children stay and violently hammered
down the iPad in front of the children which was supposed to be
a gift to our son, Boy, and was only being used by my husband
temporarily, this caused a substantial emotional and
psychological distress to my children, especially Boy, and in fear
of experiencing the same, we abided to what he wanted;

23. That having imminent fear of any physical harm or

destruction to any of our personal belongings, we opted to check
as to where the police station is located while in the pendency of
our stay;

24. That ever since I learned about the marital infidelity

that my husband has been doing to which my children
witnessed, I tried to verify the contents of the two large boxes and
found different Compact Disks to which some of them had
pornographic content, an iPhone box which was never owned by
any of us including my husband, letters of Genie to my husband,
and her identification card where she works, to which I brought
back with me to the Philippines, and some clothes of my
husband, xerox copies of the aforementioned letters and
identification card are hereto attached and marked as Annexes
“E” and “F”, respectively, to form the same as integral parts
hereof;

25. That when we arrived back in the Philippines, we

never spoke about that incident to anyone having the imminent
fear that he might physically harm my children and I, and
because of this, we only prayed that my husband will change his
way of living and cease and desist from his marital infidelity to
which my children witnessed, but was futile as it only worsen the
lack of sexual intercourse between my husband and I, the
insufficiency of his financial support to his family, the repetitive
verbal abuse and physical harm, and his marital infidelity, and
thus, the imminent fear of having the same grew worse, and the
substantial emotional and psychological distress we receive from
him grew larger;

26. That in order to counter his deliberate provision of

insufficient financial support, his mother opted to me that I shall
not to mention anything about his mistress and continue our
daily basis as if nothing has happened and thereafter this shall
give an opportunity for his mother to convince him in purchasing
a real property for us to stay and a vehicle for us to use, to which
I abided;

27. That I opted to him about letting me work in Abu

Dhabi, however, because of his insistent prevention of letting me
engage in an occupation in order to control solely the conjugal or
common money and properties, I privately planned on going to
Abu Dhabi to work without disclosing the same to anyone except
for my children and through the help of my friend Camille
Canlas, I was finally able to pursue the same, I left my children
with his mother in the hope that he would take the children with
him in Abu Dhabi for them to have a better life, however, the
same did not happen, on the other hand, I continually provided
for additional financial support to my children as they are still
deliberately given insufficient financial support by their father
even though that I do not stay with them anymore, this added to
the substantial emotional and psychological distress that we
receive from him;

28. That a month after I arrived in Abu Dhabi, my

husband learned about my engagement in occupation, he then
verbally abused me again and in fact, he even threatened me that
I should make sure that he does not see me loitering around in
the streets of Abu Dhabi as he will run me over the moment he
sees me, I could no longer look at myself as a whole for even my
own husband cannot even see me as a human being anymore,
this further aggravated the substantial emotional and
psychological distress that I receive from him;

29. That on December 2017, I was warned by my

daughter, Girl, about the plan of my husband in throwing out all
of my personal belongings and properties back in the Philippines,
and that the only way to save my personal belongings and
properties was to go back to the Philippines in which I did as I
am compelled to by my very own husband, all I can to is abide to
his wants and I could no longer feel any freedom of movement or
conduct, it felt like living a life dictated by another;

30 That when I arrived in the Philippines, I wanted to

keep myself occupied and resist from thinking about our marital
status, in order to do so, I focused on assisting my daughter for
her nearing 18th birthday, in our preparation for the same, we
needed a van to take us to Zambales for photoshoots, we were
then referred to a van rental, few days after because of an
incident, I saw the receipt of the van and it was named to Ezekiel
Punzalan, the van rental business was actually owned by my
husband without our knowledge, this concealment proved to us
further the deliberate sole control of the conjugal or common
money and properties;

31. That around 2 weeks prior to my daughter’s 18th

birthday, my daughter told me that his father deliberately told
her to cancel her debut notwithstanding the fact that invitations
were sent already to all the guests she expected to come, my
daughter cried to me telling me how the cancellation of her
celebration would affect her status in life as this will cause her to
be publicly ridiculed and humiliated, moreover, it was his idea
that she would celebrate her 18th birthday with a debut party
rather than traveling as what my daughter really wanted in the
first place, this aggravated the substantial emotional and
psychological distress that my child receives from him;

32. That on May 16, 2018, my husband arrived from Abu

Dhabi which is 4 days before my daughter’s 18th birthday, as
there was an apparent discrepancy between them, in the fear of
imminent physical harm that he may bestow upon us, my
daughter and I opted to stay at the apartment away from his
home;

33. That on May 17, 2018, I assisted my daughter’s

aunties in renting gowns for her 18th birthday celebration, my
daughter on the other hand went to Grand Palazzo to practice
together with her friends the dance steps for their number,
however, I needed to separate from her aunties in order for me to
procure my own gown, it was at this time that my husband was
able to get a hold of my contact number and verbally abuse me
again, as evidence by a xerox copy of the aforementioned
conversation hereto attached and marked as Annex “G” to form
the same as an integral part hereof;

34. That later that day around 7:30pm, I went straight to

the apartment, however, my keys are broken so I had no choice
but to go to my husband’s house, worse, we had no vehicle to
use and it was raining hard outside, we had to wait for Rosheena
to arrive as she brought the vehicle with her, thereafter, while I
was distracted with my phone, I was surprised by a sudden slap
on my left cheek which rendered me almost unconscious, and
before I even knew what was happening, a subsequent slap fell
upon my other cheek and thereafter I was able to grasp the
situation, my husband came and he was physically abusing me, I
immediately ran outside despite the storm and heard their
household helper, Inday, shouting “ate tumakbo ka na!”, as I was
trying to escape from his clutches, I ran outside crying for help
but unfortunately, nobody was outside as there was a storm,
thereafter, I saw our neighbor and begged for help, I was able to
get inside their shelter, fortunately I brought with me my
cellphone to which I used to contact people and ask for aid, I
cannot fathom as to how he can do such physical harm to me
which caused public ridicule and humiliation on my part, xerox
copies of the Medico-Legal Report and a picture of the aftermath
of the slap are hereto attached and marked as Annexes “H” and
“I” respectively to form the same as integral parts hereof;

35. That we went to the Office of the Punong Barangay in

order to ask for help but even after being invited for conciliation
proceedings, my husband did not appear before the Punong
Barangay and the Lupon tagapamayapa, thereafter, they issued
me a Certificate to File Action against my husband, a xerox copy
of the aforementioned document is hereto attached and marked
as Annex “J” to form the same as an integral part hereof;

36. That we currently took residence in Pesto Angeles to

stay away from him, however, the fear of imminent physical
harm still resides on us that is why I wanted to file a case against
my husband;

37. That I undertook a psychological examination before

Quacky in order to assess substantial emotional or psychological
distress that I have received from my husband, as evidenced by a
Psychological Report issued by Doctor Quacky, a photocopy of
which is hereto attached and marked as Annex “H” to for the
same as an integral part hereof;

38. That evidently, my husband, Ezekiel Punzalan,

caused, threatened, and attempted to do further physical harm
to my child and I, placed my children and I in constant fear of
imminent physical harm, deprived my children and I of financial
support legally due to my family, deliberately provided my
children and I insufficient financial support, prevented me in
engaging any legitimate occupation, business or any activity,
solely controlled the conjugal or common money and properties,
engaged in purposeful and knowing conduct causing repetitive
substantial emotional or psychological distress to my children
and I by destroying the property and personal belongings of my
children and I and through engagement of harassment or
violence, causing repetitive mental and emotional anguish, public
ridicule and humiliation to my children and I, and repetitive
verbal and emotional abuse and denial of financial support for
my children, and as a result hereof, we suffered damages from
my husband’s acts and omissions;

39. That I am executing this affidavit to attest to the truth

all the forgoing facts and in order to file a criminal complaint for
violation of Sections 5(a), 5(b), 5(c), 5(d), 5(e2), 5(e3), 5(e4), 5(h4),
5(h5), and 5(i) of Republic Act No. 9262 “Anti-Violence Act
Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004” at the proper
forum.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set my hand

this 4th day of January 2018 at Angeles City (Pampanga).

___________________________
Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 4th day of

January 2018 at (Pampanga). I hereby certify that I have
personally examined the affiant and that fully satisfied that she
voluntarily executed and understood her sworn statement.

ADMINISTERING OFFICER
Marriage License No. 1234567 Registration
No. 12-3456

Republic of the Philippines

MARRIAGE CONTRACT
City or Municipality of: Angeles Province of: Pampanga

Contracting parties: Zeke Punzalan Clara David

a. Age 20 20
b. Nationality Filipino Filipino
c. Occupation Engineer
d. Residence 123 123

Place of Marriage: Angeles somewhere

Date of Marriage: December 15, 1999

Marriage solemnized by: Hon. Katrin Anthea Rojo
 Registration No. 2000-1234

Republic of the Philippines

Certificate of Live Birth
Province: Pampanga
City or Municipality: Angeles
Name: Bebe Girl Punzalan
Sex: Female
Date of Birth: May 20, 2000
Mother: Clara Punzalan
Father: Ezekiel Punzalan
 Registration No. 2004-12345
Republic of the Philippines
Certificate of Live Birth
Province: Pampanga
City or Municipality: Angeles
Name: Bebe Boy Punzalan
Sex: male
Date of Birth: November 18, 2004
Mother: Clara Punzalan
Father: Ezekiel Punzalan
 MONTHLY PAY SLIP
Monthly salary
December 15, 2004

Received by: Ezekiel Punzalan

The amount of 500,000$
TIN FINANCES IN ABU DHABI CO.

Employee: Genie Abeleda

Occupation: Assistant Vice President
Zeke:
PUTANIDAMO KA. MATE NAKA SANA. MALAPARIS KA SANA!
You:
Ninanu ka nanu prublema mu?
Zeke:
ANAKANG SIKAN LUB AT MABIYE KA PA ANAKPUTA KA!
DAPAT KEKA PAPARALISAN BUGOK!
ENAKA SANA MIABUTAN PANG KINABUKASAN!
DAPAT KEKA PAPATEN! MURET! INUTEL! MANGMANG!
TONTO! INDIO!
 Rafael lazatin memorial medical
center
(Ospital Ning Angeles)
Angeles City
Date: May 17, 2018

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
FOR MEDICO-LEGAL CASES

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT CLARA PUNZALAN, FEMALE,
MARRIED, RESIDING AT SOMEWHERE, ANGELES CITY, WAS EXAMINED
IN THIS HOSPITAL ON MAY 17,2018 WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS:

1. (+) Abrasion and swelling left parietal are, with nasal area.
2. (+) Active bleeding with laceration upper lip area.
3. (+) Swelling right upper lip.

XXXX

REMARKS: X X X X X
PATIENT WAS: ( ) ADMITTED (X) NOT ADMITTED
HEALING PERIOD GIVEN BELOW SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING:
( ) X-RAY EXAM. TAKEN AND OFFICIAL RESULTS, NOT YET
AVAILABLE, MAY CHANGE DURATION OF HEALING PERIOD.
DURATION OF HEALING PERIOD:
( ) REFERRAL TO _______________ SPECIALIST MADE, FINDINGS
OF WHICH ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE BUT MAY CHANGE DURATION OF
HEALING PERIOD
HEALING PERIOD: 5 DAYS (5) TO XX (X)
BARRING COMPLICATIONS

Jose Rosauro Bautista, MD

ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
 Republic of the Philippines
BARANGAY COUNCIL
Gail St. Nepo Subdivision Barangay Somewhere, Angeles City
888-6505 * 322-6028
www.barangayt.com

CLARA PUNZALAN Barangay Case No. 2018-06-28

Somewhere Street, Sunset For: Violation of Republic Act 9262
Barangay Somewhere, Angeles City
(Complainant)
Against
EZEKIEL PUNZALAN
Somewhere Street, Sunset
Barangay Somewhere, Angeles City
____________________________________________

CERTIFICATION OT FILE ACTION

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the Complainant CLARA DAVID PUNZALAN and the
Respondent, EZEKIEL PUNZALAN did not reach any settlement/conciliation.

Now therefore; the corresponding complaint for this dispute may now be filed
in court/Government office.

Done and issued this 17th day of May 2018 at Barangay Hall Somewhere,
Angeles City.

Prepared by:

MICHAEL ANGELO ACERO

Pangkat Secretary
Attested by:

JESSICA MARIE S. ANGELES

Pangkat Chairman
 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORT

I. PERSONAL DATA

Name : Clara Punzalan y David

Date of Birth : February 30, 1960

Age : 58 years old

Sex : Female

Civil Status : Married

Name of Spouse : Ezekiel Punzalan

Address : Block 3, Lot 12, Phase 1 A, Pesto

Communities, Angeles City

Telephone Number : 09876543210

Educational Attainment : Post Graduate - Juris Doctor

School : Angeles University Foundation, Angeles City

Occupation : Unemployed

Referred by : Atty. Mamshie Canlas

Informants : Baby Girl Punzalan (daughter), 18

Baby Boy Punzalan (son), 14

Date of Assessment : December 16, 2018

Date of this Report : December 18, 2018

II. REASON FOR REFERRAL

Clara “Clars” Punzalan sought psychological assessment in support of her

complaint against her husband Ezekiel Punzalan for violation of RA 9262, “Anti-
Violence against Women and their Children Act of 2004.” Assessment is of her
mental status upon time of complaint, her basic psychosocial dynamics, and the
psychological impact of reported abuse experience.

III. MENTAL STATUS AND BEHVIORAL OBSERVATION

Clars arrived on time, accompanied by her daughter Girl, for the initial intake
interview December 15, 2018 clad in clean casual clothes appropriate for the
weather and the occasion. She is a tall woman, slightly stocky in built, with short hair
and fair complexion. She wore no cosmetics, but her grooming was neat. Her posture
was a bit slumped.

During intake, Clars spoke in soft voice and initially conversed with fleeting eye
contact, appearing a bit tense and overwhelmed ---- but she eventually became
comfortable with the interview situation as better rapport with the examiner was
 established. Assessment was scheduled for the next day. Because of her work
schedule, informant interview with daughter Girl was conducted the same day,
December 15, 2018.

Brenda arrived on time for the assessment proper December 16, 2018 attired in
neat casual clothes, this time accompanied by her son Boy.

Clars was cooperative during testing, as well as indulgent and congenial with the
examiner. Her attention and concentration appeared normal, and she was focused
on answering the protocols comprehensively and correctly, on occasion asking
relevant questions about the material. She asked clarifications about items she didn’t
understand and double-checked if she skipped any item.

During the interview, she was able to establish good eye contact, although would
break it when in deep thought or recollection about an experience. Her facial
expression matches the content of her disclosure, and over the course of the
interview expressed emotions like tense, depressed, angry, and resolute. Thought
content is congruent to mood and circumstances; speech flow is organized with no
evidence of hallucinations or delusions. She was fully oriented to person, place and
time. Motor activity was unremarkable.

She expressed fatigue after the last exam, but was able to complete all testing
and interview without problems.

Informant interview with son, Boy, was conducted the same day December 16,
2018.

With the above mental status report and behavioral observations, this
assessment appears to be a valid estimate of the client’s psychosocial dynamics.

IV. RELEVANT BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Clars and Zeke married each other in Angeles City. Their love was so intimate
that it resulted to the birth of their two children Bebe Boy and Bebe Girl. Zeke
worked as an Aircraft Engineer in Abu Dhabi, UAE. They stayed together on the same
house together with the mother and sister of Zeke.

At the start of their marriage, Clars was never able to experience to be the holder
of finances for the family. She got herself employed in order to be able to have
money for her own as Zeke does not give any financial support to her. According to
Clars, it was her sister-in-law Rosheena who handles the financial budgeting in their
family. Unfortunately, Clars’ had to take care of her father-in-law, thus, resulting to
her being unemployed.

After the death of the Father-in-law of Clars, she opted to get a job again
because of her lack of finance for herself. However, Zeke does not allow him to do
so. It was around this time when Zeke arranged for the vacation of Clars and Girl in
Abu Dhabi. In order to maintain their visa, Clars and Girl had to go back and forth to
Abu Dhabi. It was at this time when Zeke and Clars made love again and conceived
their second child Bebe Boy.

However, because of her pregnancy, she could no longer return to Abu Dhabi as
it was prohibited for a pregnant woman to ride an airplane according to the airline
she inquired to when she was about to return to Abu Dhabi. Thus, she gave birth to
their second child Boy. Despite the gift of life, their marital quarrels worsened.

Most of their quarrels were about money. Zeke accuses Clars of being a
spendthrift while according to Clars, she was not the one who handles the budget in
the first place. Also, her family receives close to nothing amount monthly. She
questions this reasoning of Zeke as he has a really high salary according to Clars.

The financial deprivation of Zeke drove Clars to a corner and she kept on insisting
that she would go to work. Zeke, however, forbids the same for no apparent reason.
Zeke would then just suddenly harm Clars by physically and/or verbally abusing her.
Zeke would sometimes strangle Clars in the neck, box her a few times with a left
hook, tries to uppercut her, practices “Brazilian JiuJitsu” on her, and sometimes,
would do the same while carrying Bebe Boy who was still a tender age back then.

It was decided by Zeke’s family that Clars and her children would stay in an
apartment they own. However, the marital relation between them only got worse as
Zeke never even tries to have sex with Clars, and even if Clars succeeded in enticing
Zeke, he would just be sexually cold. Zeke does not even go to the apartment and
stays at their old house whenever he goes home from Abu Dhabi.

Clars spent sleepless nights because of their lack of marital sex. She tried to talk
to Zeke about their problem but Zeke got furious and grabbed her banged her head
in the door of the cabinet instead just for her to be quiet. This was all in front of their
children.

Rosheena always takes care of the budget of the family. She plans the trips of the
family and gives them their budget which is per direction of her brother Zeke. The
children of Clars and herself never felt like having a real family. Zeke only bothered
going to the first birthday of Girl and never bothered on going to any other birthdays
of his children. He was a very insensitive person, according to Clars.

Despite all of these, Clars remained faithful to their relationship and believed in
every inch of her body that Zeke was also faithful. However, few years later, Clars
and her children were able to go back to Abu Dhabi. They spent their vacation there.
Upon their arrival, there were two noticeable big boxes in the place where Zeke
resides. Clars inquired upon the contents of the boxes but Zeke quickly replied that it
was his friend’s and not his. Clars trusted his words.

Zeke received a significant increase in his salary because of the application of

family status there in his company. However, even if such was the fact, Clars and her
children were still deprived of financial support. Moreover, even if they are together,
Clars felt like the relationship still goes nowhere as Zeke gets annoyed with her very
easily.

In one morning, Clars woke up to cook for breakfast. She accidentally saw the
iPad which Zeke uses and saw a notification from a woman named Genie Abeleda.
She was borrowing money from Zeke. It piqued Clars’ interest so she read further. To
her demise, she saw their greetings to each other which said “Happy 10 th
Anniversary!”. Clars at this point was crying during the interview. She cannot believe
the marital infidelity of her husband, Zeke.

Zeke denied the allegations of Clars. In order to settle the issue, he chose to
break the iPad in front of the children in order to attain dominance. This left Clars
and her children to cower in fear. This event eventually led to the suppression of
Clars ability to reconcile with her husband. Eventually, up until she came home to the
Philippines, they never spoke about the incident. Which led to the purchase of a
vehicle they can use in the Philippines as instructed by her mother-in-law Maela.

Clars sought for her friend’s help. Camille Canlas supported her in her plan to go
to Abu Dhabi in secrecy to work there for Clars felt that she should at least do
something as she receives nothing from her husband Zeke. Clars succeeded in being
employed in Abu Dhabi, however, she was not able to keep it from her husband. She
 was eventually caught by her husband in Abu Dhabi and threatened her not to loiter
around or he’ll make sure he kills her. Few days later, she learned about the scheme
of her husband. Girl told her that Zeke wants her to know that if she does not come
back to Philippines, her personal belongings would be thrown out. She was then
compelled to go back and stay unemployed.

Clars tried to avert her demise. She instead focused on assisting her daughter
with her nearing 18th birthday. However, it was at this point where she found out,
her husband even has a rent a van business which she didn’t know about.
Furthermore, few days before the celebration of her daughter’s birthday, Zeke told
her daughter to cancel the party even if invitations were already sent to many
people. Girl feared of what could happen to her as she was certain that this would
result to her being publicly humiliated. Luckily, the cancelation was not pursued by
Zeke. However, days before the party, Zeke was able to get a hold of her number and
he verbally abused Clars again through text messages. Further, when Clars had to go
to the apartment where Rosheena stays because of her needing a spare key, Zeke
arrived and suddenly slapped the world out of Clars. Clars trembled while stating
what happened at that day. She continued on stating that her husband suddenly
slapped her in the face and was about to kill her. She ran outside and tried her best
not to be caught by the clutches of her husband. She was able to escape and
thereafter she tried her best to get her kids back and stayed at an apartment where
her husband cannot find her.

V. ASSESSMENTS CONDUCTED
A. Clinical interview with Clara Punzalan
B. Informant interviews with Bebe Girl Punzalan and Bebe Boy Punzalan
C. OMNI Personality Inventory
D. The Personality Inventory for DSM-5-adult
E. PROMIS Emotional Distress – Anxiety – Short Form
F. PROMIS Emotional Distress – Depression – Short Form
G. Severity of Acute Stress Symptoms – Adult
H. Severity of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms – Adult

VI. TEST RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION

General Psychosocial Functioning

Clar’s personality profile indicates that she is generally inclined to be calm and
optimistic, as well as predisposed to find contentment in the life that she has lived.
She also tends to be a loner and prefers a peaceful, quiet, and predictable way of life.
Frequently, she has ordinary, understandable fluctuations of mood. In terms of
impulse control, she tends to be cautious and deliberate, and would carefully
consider the consequences of her actions.

She is somewhat more reserved and aloof than most people are, at time, and
inclined to be wary of others and suspicious of their intentions. This said, she usually
relates to others in a genuine and straightforward way without being at all
duplicitous or manipulative. She is content with going unnoticed, and does not go
out of her way to attract attention. She is somewhat inclined to be modest,
unpretentious, and self-effacing.
 Test results indicate that Clars has about an average amount of ambition. She is
somewhat busier, more active, and energetic than most people are. Her intellectual
curiosity and pursuit of knowledge is somewhat greater than that of the average
person. She can handle the everyday demands of life without relying on others about
as well as the average person. However, there are times when she lacks
perseverance and is unreliable.

Clinical screening reveals that she has a tendency towards rigid perfectionism, or
an insistence on everything being flawless, perfect, and without errors or faults,
including one’s own and others’ performance. This can manifest itself in a high need
to be neat, careful and thorough.

Stress, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms

Test results reveal that Clars currently suffers from severe anxiety satisfying
criteria for a diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. This means that she tends to
often feel fearful, anxious, and worried, finding it hard to focus on anything other
than the anxiety and nervousness.

Test results also point to Clinical Depression (Major Depressive Disorder), with
symptoms including feelings of worthlessness, of having nothing to look forward to,
helplessness, sadness, feelings of failure, unhappiness, and hopelessness.

Clars’ interview responses, as well as observations by her son and daughter,

confirm the findings of Anxiety and Depression. These symptoms have appeared as
early as 2013 when Clars first discovered her husband’s infidelity. Girl confirmed her
mother’s consistent crying spells, anger, and irritability ever since the incident. She
described her mother as “nawalan ng kumpiyansa sa sarili” over the years. Boy
described her mom as prone to anger and irritability, mixed in between crying and
feeling depressed. Being a reserved and quiet person whose only priority is to take
care of her family, the shock of betrayal came strong and hard for Clars to shake off.

The trigger of Clars’ anxiety and depression is not just her husband’s infidelity,
but the apparent blatant disregard of her husband to what she is feeling when she
has discovered the unfaithfulness and the constant deprive of financial aid and
prohibition from employment. Despite her initial attempts to out the matter out of
her mind and start anew, such as what she did by keeping quiet, the infidelity,
deprivation, and abuse did not stop. As Girl shared, Zeke would abuse her every now
and then and even abuse Girl may it be physical or verbal.

VII. IMPRESSIONS

Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder.

Results of the tests and interviews confirm that Clars experienced significant
psychological distress from the series of events that transpired within the Punzalan
family, specially the repeated abuse of Zeke and the continuous deprivation of
financial aid coupled with infidelity.

VIII. RECOMMENDATIONS
 It is highly recommended that Clars’ petition against Zeke Punzalan for violation
of RA9262 be considered by court.

“Psychological Violence” refers to acts or omissions causing or likely to cause

mental or emotional suffering of the victim such as but not limited to intimidation,
harassment, stalking, damage to property, public ridicule or humiliation, repeated
verbal abuse and marital infidelity. Zeke’s infidelity, his lack of action to stop the
harassment of his women of his wife, the verbal and physical abuse to his wife, his
blatant disregard for her wife’s feelings in the matter, and his explicit relationship
with Genie, caused significant distress on the part of Clars and even their children Boy
and Girl to the extent of diagnosable anxiety and depressive conditions of Clars.

Report Prepared by:

Quacky A. Quacky

Licensed Psychometrician

PAP-Certified Specialist in Counseling Psychology

Quackier A. Quackiest, MA, RP

Licensed Psychologist

Executive Director, Childfam-Posibilidad

This document is issued upon the request of Clara Punzalan, as recommended by Atty. Mamshie Canlas in
support of her complaint against her husband for violation of RA 9262. It is intended exclusively for the eyes of
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