Mary Raquel Bernadine Sabas

Adjudicative Support Functions:

-Attends all court sessions

- Supervises the withdrawal of all records of cases to be heard and the preparation of the notices of hearings, court’s calendar, reports, minutes, monthly reports, inventory of cases, index of exhibits, and paging of records of cases

- Sees to it that all returns of notices are attached to the corresponding evidence properly marked during the hearing as collected in an exhibit folder

-Signs notices of orders and decisions for service to the parties, release papers of detained prisoners who are acquitted and/or who filed their corresponding bail bonds duly approved by the presiding judge.

Non-adjudicative Functions:

- Plans, directs, supervises and coordinates the activities of all personnel in a branch of a multiple sala for effectiveness and efficiency

- Keeps tab of the attendance and whereabouts of court personnel during office hours

-Controls and manages all court records, exhibits, documents, properties and supplies

-Administers oaths

-Issues certificates of appearances and clearances

- Drafts/prepares correspondence and indorsements for signature of the Judge

- Performs other duties that may be assigned to him.

- verifies authorities on questions of law raised by parties-litigants in
cases brought before the Court as may be assigned by the Presiding Judge;
- prepares memoranda on evidence adduced by the parties after the
hearing;
- prepares outlines of the facts and issues involved in cases set for pretrial
for the guidance of the Presiding Judge;
- prepares indexes to be attached to the records showing the important
pleadings filed, the pages where they may be found, and in general, the status of
the case;
- prepares and submits to the Branch Clerk of Court a monthly list of
cases or motions submitted for decision or resolution, indicating therein the deadlines for acting on the same
- performs such other duties as may be assigned by the Presiding Judge
or the Branch Clerk of Court.

- verifies authorities on questions of law raised by parties-litigants in
cases brought before the Court as may be assigned by the Presiding Judge
- prepares memoranda on evidence adduced by the parties after the
hearing
- prepares outlines of the facts and issues involved in cases set for pretrial
for the guidance of the Presiding Judge
- prepares indexes to be attached to the records showing the important
pleadings filed, the pages where they may be found, and in general, the status of the case
- prepares and submits to the Branch Clerk of Court a monthly list of
cases or motions submitted for decision or resolution, indicating therein the deadlines for acting on the same
- performs such other duties as may be assigned by the Presiding Judge
or the Branch Clerk of Court.