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2006-02-27 |
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J. |
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| In the case at bar, petitioner paid the docket and other fees. However, he failed to satisfy the second requisite because he died on April 11, 2005 before he could file the petition. The petition filed and verified by petitioner's counsel is a mere scrap of paper because he no longer has the authority to represent his deceased client. The settled rule is that attorney-client relationship is terminated upon the client's death.[15] A dead client has no personality and cannot be represented by an attorney.[16] | |||||