In re the Assistant Commissioner of Social Welfare for the Custody of Ledesma Children

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

This is an action brought by the Department of Social Welfare for temporary custody of 14 minor children. Involved are the children of Candito Ledesma and Hilda Rosa Ledesma, his wife, whose names and ages are, respectively, Candito, Jr. (16 years); Hilda (15 years); Leonardo (14 years); Carlos (12 years); Angel (11 years); Ishmael (10 years); Orlando (8 years); Hector (7 years); Mirna (6 years); Olga (5 years); Victorino (4 years); Libertad (3 years); Rita (2 years); and Magdalena (1 year). Each of these children, given the appropriate factual setting, falls…