How to Acquire Jurisdiction over the Plaintiff
[2] Plaintiff‘s failure to pay the filing fees on the supplemental complaint did not divest the RTC of the jurisdiction it already had over the case (PNOC Shipping and Transport Corp. vs. CA). [3] However, as to the damages that plaintiffs claim under their supplemental complaint, the trial court should have treated their Supplemental Pleading as not filed. A supplemental complaint is like any complaint and the rule is that the filing fees due on a complaint need to be paid upon its filing. The Rules do not require the court to make special assessments in cases of supplemental complaints. Plaintiffs have no excuse for their continuous failure to pay the fees they owed the court (Do-All Metals Industries vs. Security Bank Corp.).
