Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines

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The Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines are the primary trial courts of general jurisdiction in the country’s judicial system, handling major civil and criminal cases under the supervision of the Supreme Court.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court of general jurisdiction ⓘ
trial court system ⓘ
administeredBy Office of the Court Administrator ⓘ
appealsTo Court of Appeals of the Philippines ⓘ
Sandiganbayan (in certain cases) ⓘ
linked to: Sandiganbayan

Supreme Court of the Philippines (on pure questions of law) ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy President of the Philippines ⓘ
canIssue search warrants ⓘ
warrants of arrest ⓘ
writ of attachment ⓘ
writ of habeas corpus ⓘ
writ of preliminary injunction ⓘ
composition multiple branches per judicial region ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
establishedBy Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 ⓘ
Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 ⓘ
function primary trial courts of general jurisdiction in the Philippines ⓘ
governedBy Rules of Court of the Philippines ⓘ
handles major civil cases ⓘ
major criminal cases ⓘ
hasBranchType family court branch ⓘ
regular Regional Trial Court branch ⓘ
special commercial court branch ⓘ
special drugs court branch ⓘ
special heinous crimes court branch ⓘ
hasSeatIn each province of the Philippines ⓘ
selected cities of the Philippines ⓘ
headedBy Executive Judge (per station) ⓘ
hears civil actions beyond the jurisdiction of first-level courts ⓘ
commercial cases (in designated branches) ⓘ
criminal cases punishable by higher penalties ⓘ
family court cases (in designated branches) ⓘ
land registration cases ⓘ
probate and estate settlement cases ⓘ
special civil actions ⓘ
special proceedings ⓘ
judgeTitle Regional Trial Court Judge ⓘ
judicialAndBarCouncilRole recommends appointees to the Regional Trial Courts ⓘ
jurisdiction general jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
legalBasis 1987 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 ⓘ
level first-level court of general jurisdiction ⓘ
organizedInto judicial regions ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of the Philippines ⓘ
predecessor Courts of First Instance of the Philippines ⓘ
roleInSystem backbone of the Philippine trial court structure ⓘ
supervisedBy Supreme Court of the Philippines ⓘ

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Supreme Court of the Philippines → subordinateCourt → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines → predecessor → Courts of First Instance of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines
Judiciary of the Philippines → hasBranch → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Metropolitan Trial Courts of the Philippines → appealsGoTo → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Metropolitan Trial Courts of the Philippines → decisionsReviewableBy → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Court of Appeals of the Philippines → higherThan → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Office of the Court Administrator of the Philippines → oversees → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Office of the Court Administrator → supervises → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Shari’a District Courts of the Philippines → distinctFrom → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Judicial and Bar Council of the Philippines → overseesSelectionFor → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Municipal Trial Courts in Cities of the Philippines → appealsGoTo → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Municipal Circuit Trial Courts of the Philippines → appealsTo → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
MeTC → appealsTo → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Court of Appeals of the Philippines → reviewsDecisionsOf → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
subject linked to: CA
Republic Act No. 7691 → affects → Regional Trial Courts in the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines
Rule 26 – Admission by Adverse Party → usedIn → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Rule 45 – Appeal by Certiorari to the Supreme Court → sourceCourt → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Rules on Special Proceedings → appliesTo → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Municipal Trial Courts of the Philippines → higherCourt → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
Municipal Trial Courts of the Philippines → appealsGoTo → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ
City Courts (Philippines) → replacedBy → Regional Trial Courts (Philippines) ⓘ
subject linked to: City Courts
linked to: Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines
BP 129 → reorganized → Regional Trial Courts of the Philippines ⓘ