{"id":3493,"date":"2019-04-03T16:25:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T08:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/?p=3493"},"modified":"2020-05-28T15:00:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T07:00:39","slug":"execution-of-settlement-agreement-under-the-katarungang-pambarangay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/execution-of-settlement-agreement-under-the-katarungang-pambarangay\/","title":{"rendered":"Execution of Settlement Agreement under the Katarungang Pambarangay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <em>Local Government Code of 1991<\/em> (Republic Act No. 7160, Sections 399-422) provides for the creation of the <strong>Lupong Tagapamayapa<\/strong> in each barangay. The Lupon Chairperson is tasked to mediate between the parties in a complaint. In case the mediation effort fails, the matter will be referred to the <strong>Pangkat ng Tagapagkasundo<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>There are instances when the parties arrive at a <strong>settlement agreement<\/strong> (&#8220;kasunduan&#8221; or however it is called), which shall be in writing, in a language or dialect known to the parties, signed by them, and attested to by the lupon chairman or the pangkat chairman, as the case may be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This settlement agreement, if not repudiated by any party within ten (10) days from the date of the agreement, has the force and effect of a final judgment of a court. The settlement agreement may be enforced by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Execution by the lupon within six (6) months from the date of the settlement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. After the lapse of 6 months, the settlement agreement may be enforced by action in the appropriate city or municipal court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Local Government Code of 1991 (Republic Act No. 7160, Sections 399-422) provides for the creation of the Lupong Tagapamayapa in each barangay. The Lupon Chairperson is tasked to mediate between the parties in a complaint. In case the mediation effort fails, the matter will be referred to the Pangkat ng Tagapagkasundo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[785,786,789,788,787,790],"class_list":["post-3493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-litigation-category","tag-katarungang-pambarangay","tag-local-government-code-of-1991","tag-lupong-tagapamayapa","tag-pangkat-ng-tagapagkasundo","tag-republic-act-no-7160","tag-settlement-agreement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3493"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7340,"href":"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3493\/revisions\/7340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnl-law.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}