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Beumer V Amores

The case Beumer v. Amores involves a Dutch national, Willem Beumer, seeking reimbursement for properties claimed to have been acquired during his marriage to Filipina Avelina Amores, which was declared null due to psychological incapacity. The court ruled against Beumer, citing a precedent that prohibits foreigners from seeking reimbursement for properties in the Philippines, as it violates the constitutional prohibition on foreign ownership of land. Consequently, Beumer's petition was denied.

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Beumer V Amores

The case Beumer v. Amores involves a Dutch national, Willem Beumer, seeking reimbursement for properties claimed to have been acquired during his marriage to Filipina Avelina Amores, which was declared null due to psychological incapacity. The court ruled against Beumer, citing a precedent that prohibits foreigners from seeking reimbursement for properties in the Philippines, as it violates the constitutional prohibition on foreign ownership of land. Consequently, Beumer's petition was denied.

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Beumer v Amores

G.R. No. 195670 3 December 2012

FACTS:

Petitioner Willem Beumer (Beumer), a Dutch National, and respondent Avelina Amores (Amores), a
Filipina, were married. After several years, the RTC declared the nullity of their marriage on the basis
of the formers psychological incapacity. Consequently, Beumer filed a Petition for Dissolution of
Conjugal Partnership praying for the distribution of the six lots claimed to have been acquired during
the subsistence of their marriage.
Amores averred that, with the exception of their two (2) residential houses, she and Beumer did not
acquire any conjugal properties during their marriage, the truth being that she used her own personal
money to purchase the four lots and the other two by way of inheritance. She submitted a joint
affidavit executed by her and petitioner attesting to the fact that she purchased one of the lots and
the improvements thereon using her own money. On the other hand, Beumer testified that while the
four lots, excluding the two lots allegedly acquired by Amores by way of inheritance, were registered
in the name of Amores, these properties were acquired with the money he received from the Dutch
government as his disability benefit since Amores did not have sufficient income to pay for their
acquisition. He also claimed that the joint affidavit they submitted before the Register of Deeds was
contrary to Article 89 of the Family Code, hence, invalid.

ISSUE:

Whether or not Beumer is entitled for reimbursement of the value of the lots based on equity.

HELD:

The petition lacks merit.


CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: National Patrimony
In Re: Petition For Separation of Property-Elena Buenaventura Muller v. Helmut Muller, the Court had
already denied a claim for reimbursement of the value of purchased parcels of Philippine land
instituted by a foreigner (Helmut Muller) against his former Filipina spouse. It held that the foreigner
cannot seek reimbursement on the ground of equity where it is clear that he willingly and knowingly
bought the property despite the prohibition against foreign ownership of Philippine land enshrined
under Section 7, Article XII of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
Petition is DENIED.

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