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Angeles vs Maglaya
Facts:
1. Nov 20, 1939 when resp Aleli Maglaya was born
2. 1948 when deceased rancisco !arried "elen
Angeles
3. 1988 when her !o#her $enoveva died
4. March 1998 when Aleli Maglaya %iled in &'(
(aloocan pe#i#ion #o be !ade ad!inis#ra#i) o% la#e
rancisco Angeles* es#a#e since she is sole legi#i!a#e
da+gh#er o% rancisco. 'his was con#es#ed by his wi%e
"elen Angeles.
. &'(- Aleli %ailed #o prove %ilia#ion
. (A- reversed decision and said #ha# Aleli was
indeed a legi#i!a#e child o% rancisco and $enoveva
ISSUE- /N (A erred in declaring Aleli as a
legi#i!a#e child
HELD-
5aw applied: FC 164 children conceived or
born !r"ng t#e $arr"age o% &arents are
legi#i!a#e
Aleli never showed any evidence o% a !arriage
e)is#ing be#ween rancisco and $enoveva. 6n %ac#, i%
#hey did !arry, i# wo+ld have rendered rancisco7s
!arriage #o "elen as biga!o+s. owever, Aleli
hersel% recognied "elen as #he s+rviving spo+se in
her pe#i#ion %or le##ers o% ad!inis#ra#ion
o '"t#o!t ev"ence o% $arr"age( one can)t
&res!$e Alel" to be leg"t"$ate c#"l
(A erred in declaring #ha# bir#h cer#i%ica#e
ind+bi#ably es#ablishes legi#i!acy
o 6n order %or legi#i!acy #o be es#ablished, bir#h
cer#i%ica#e !+s# bear #he signa#+res o% "' !o#her
and %a#her. nly a##ending physician7s signa#+re was
in #he cer#i%ica#e. 'h+s i# only showed #he %ac# o% bir#h
o% a child and no# legi#i!acy
:apers and pho#ographs ;school record, weddings
pic#+res< #ha# show rancisco Angeles as her %a#her is
no# s+%%icien# eno+gh #o prove %ilia#ion. 'his onlyshows #ha# she is a (65= o% rancisco.
*ESUL+- a# bes#, co+ld only be declared a na#+ral
child and N' a legi#i!a#e child.
SSS vs, Ag!as( -,*, 16..46
FAC+S-
1. :ablo Ag+as, !e!ber and pensioner,
died 12>8>9. :ablo7s s+rviving spo+se,
responden# &osanna %iled a clai! wi#h
%or dea#h bene%i#s. he indica#ed in her clai!
#ha# :ablo was li?ewise s+rvived by his
!inor child, @eylnn a?a @enelynB, born
10>29>91
2. 4>9C, received a sworn le##er %ro!
:ablo7s sis#er 5e#ecia con#es#ing &osanna7s
clai! %or dea#h bene%i#s, alleged #ha#
&osanna abandoned #he %a!ily abode !ore
#han years be%ore #he and lived w> ano#her
!an, de la :enaD :ablo had no legal children
w> &osanna. 5e#ecia enclosed bir#h cer# o%@e%ren born 11>1>9 #o &osanna and de la
:ena and #ha# #he 2 were !arried 11>1>90
3. &osanna con#ends #ha# @eylnn was a
legi#i!a#e child o% :ablo as evidenced by her
bir#h cer# bearing :ablo7s signa#+re as %a#her
4. @ane#, who also clai!ed #o be #he child o%
deceased and &osanna, Eoined as clai!an#. 6#
appears in her bir#h cer# #ha# her %a#her was
:ablo and her !o#her was &osanna.
. s+!!oned several personsD so!e s#a#ed
#ha# spo+ses* real child was @eylnn, @ane#
was only an adop#ed child b+# #here were no
legal papers.
. r+led #ha# &osanna was no longer
F+ali%ied as clai!an#. As %or @eylnn and
@ane#, #hey were no# :ablo7s legi#i!a#e
children.
ISSUE- /N @eylynn ad @ane# are legi#i!a#e
children o% deceased ;#h+s en#i#led #o dea#h bene%i#s29>91D &osanna and :ablo were
!arried 12>4>CC and !arriage s+bsis#ed +n#il
la##er*s dea#h on 12>8>9
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:res+!p#ion o% legi#i!acy can*# e)#end #o @ane#
beca+se her da#e o% bir#h wasn7# s+bs#an#ially proven.
Gnder &A111, only Hlegally adop#ed children are
considered dependen# children.
INo#e- @eylnn is really #he child o% &o!eo. 5ol. (o
:abling is in%er#ile.
&G5'- Mo#ion :A&'6A55 $&AN'=. (A
=(66N A6&M= /6' M=66(A'6N.
*"vera vs He"rs o% /"llan!eva
FAC+S-
1. :e#i#ioners are allegedly hal%bro#hers, hal%
sisinlaw and children o% a hal%bro#her o%
deceased :A(6'A. &esponden#s are
allegedly siblings, %+ll and hal%blood o%
&MGA5=D responden#s are deno!ina#ed
as heirs o% &o!+aldo. &esponden# Angelina
is allegedly #he da+gh#er o% :aci#a and
&o!+aldo.
2. ro! 192C +n#il her dea#h in 1980, :aci#a
cohabi#ed w> &o!+aldo w>o+# #he bene%i# o%
!arriage beca+se #he la##er was !arried #o
A!anda M+sngi who died on 4>20>3. 6n #he
co+rse o% #heir cohabi#a#ion, #hey acF+ired
several proper#ies. :aci#a died C>3>80
wi#ho+# leaving a will.
3. 8>8>80, &o!+aldo and responden# Angelinae)ec+#ed a deed o% e)#raE+dicial par#i#ion
w>sale ;an e)#raE+dicial se##le!en# o%
:aci#a7s es#a#e &o!+aldo %or 20 years
SU0+A v SU0+A 23135
FAC+S: (ris#ina Ag+inaldo+n#ay ;(ris#ina< died
in#es#a#e on 4 @+ne 1990. (ris#ina was s+rvived by her
spo+se, =r. ederico +n#ay ;ederico< and %ive
grandchildren- #hree legi#i!a#e grandchildren,
incl+ding herein responden#, 6sabelD and #woillegi#i!a#e grandchildren, incl+ding pe#i#ioner
!ilio 666, all by ederico*s and (ris#ina*s only child,
!ilio A. +n#ay ;!ilio 6
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on #he gro+nd #ha# 6sabel had no righ# o%
represen#a#ion #o #he es#a#e o% (ris#ina, she being an
illegi#i!a#e grandchild o% #he la##er as a res+l# o%
6sabel*s paren#s* !arriage being declared n+ll and
void ;( said N, voidable !arriageKlegi#i!a#e
?ids
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A*;LA*I; vs, CA 13o
Facts-
1. or#illano, an e!ployee o% pe#i#ioner (on#inen#al
#eel Man+%ac#+ring (orpora#ion ;(on#inen#al #eelshe co+ld no# have e)is#ed
or s+s#ained hi!sel%>hersel% wi#ho+# #he power or aid
o% so!eone else, speci%ically, his>her !o#her.
Iss!e- /he#her or no# a %e#+s can be considered a
legi#i!a#e child
Hel- es. 'here was no F+es#ion #ha# or#illano and
his wi%e were legally !arried, !a?ing #he child
legi#i!a#e. 5egi#i!a#e- children conceived d+ring #he
!arriage. 6llegi#i!a#e- conceived and born o+#side a
valid !arriage, +nless #he law gives #he! legi#i!a#e
s#a#+s. 5egi#i!acy> illegi#i!acy a##aches +pon
concep#ion. 'h+s, #he child is legi#i!a#e +pon her
concep#ion.
&G5'- :'6'6N =N6=.
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'here is li?ewise no !eri# in pe#i#ioner*s arg+!en#
#ha# i# is #he disposi#ive por#ion o% #he decision which
!+s# con#rol as #o whe#her or no# #he !arriage o%
responden# 6sabel*s paren#s was void or voidable.
&G5'- :'6'6N =6M6=.
*"vera vs *a$"reB
FAC+S:
1. Adol%o &a!ire and wi%e &osi#a &ivera
were !arried in 1942. 'heir only child died
in in%ancy. &osi#a and Adol%o died. eb.
199R le+#erio &ivera, &osi#a*s nephew,
%iled a pe#. %or #he iss+ance o% le##ers o%
ad!inis#ra#ion wi#h #he &'( covering #he
es#a#e o% &osi#a who died in#es#a#e and wi#h
no direc# ascendan#s or descendan#s. e also
s+b!i##ed #o #he in#es#a#e co+r# a lis# o% #he
o#her nephews and nieces o% &osi#a who
agreed #o le+#erio*s appoin#!en# as
ad!inis#ra#or o% her es#a#e.2. March 199R &'( iss+ed le##er o%
ad!inis#ra#ion in %avo+r o% le+#erio. #a.
'eresi#a $eneral ospi#alR proper#y #ha#
le+#erio believed is par# o% &osi#a*s es#a#e
which was being !anaged by &ober#
&a!ire.
3. &ober# and 5ydia &a!ire clai! #ha# #hey
are Adol%o*s children by ano#her wo!an.
&ober# opposed #he iss+ance o% #he
s+bpoena. le+#erio*s o#her !o#ions weren*#
ac#ed +pon.
4. 5a#er on, le+#erio vol+n#eered #o coad!inis#er #he la#e spo+ses* es#a#e wi#h
Adol%o*s heirs ;&ay!ond, &ober# and
5ydia
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wedloc?, /illia! Michael Pelarde ;now 14
yrs old< born also a# G.
2. aid !arriage however was dissolved
#hro+gh a decree o% divorce %ro! ( o%
(ali%ornia on >31>49. laine had 2nd
!arriage wi#h =on Moore on 9>29> a# 5A,
(A. /illia! ;!inor< lived wi#h #he!.
3. laine %iled a# (6 &ial a !o#ion #o have
her child7s s+rna!e be changed in#o Moore
ins#ead o% Pelarde. '( denied s+ch pe#i#ion
#here%ore #his appeal.
Iss!e- /N a legi#i!a#e child can change his
s+rna!e
Hel: J+ali%ied No.
:hilippine laws do no# per!i# a legi#i!a#echild #o +se #he s+rna!e o% so!eone who is
no# his %a#her.
N(( 34 legi#i!a#e child sho+ld +se #he
s+rna!e o% his %a#her. N(( 39 !oreover
ci#es #ha# in case o% ann+l!en#, child
conceived be%ore s+ch decree shall +se #he
s+rna!e o% his> her %a#her.
5i?ewise, sa!e concep# r+les over decree o%
divorceD #here%ore law does N' sanc#ion
s+ch change o% na!e. ( +pheld s+ch
posi#ion, saying #ha# con%+sion !ay arise
wi#h respec# #o pa#erni#y and #ha# said
change !ay even redo+nd #o #he preE+dice o%
#he child.
Moreover, #he child is s#ill a !inor and
#here%ore a%oresaid ac#ion is pre!a#+re. aid
child !ay in his !a#+re age decide %or
hi!sel% #o ins#iga#e s+ch change o% na!e.
0aloBa v, *e&!bl"c
Facts:1. Tosi!a Naldoa !arried =ionesio
=ivinagracia on >30>C0. 'hey had 2
children- @r. and "o!bi &ober#o. =ionesio
abandoned conE+gal ho!e a%#er Tosi!a
con%ron#ed hi! abo+# his previo+s !arriage.
Also, he allegedly swindled 0? %ro! &ep.
Maglana and 10? %ro! a cer#ain $alagar,
e#c.
2. (lass!a#es o% @r. and "o!bi were #easing
#he! beca+se o% #heir swindler %a#her. 'o
obli#era#e any connec#ion be#ween her
children and =ionesio ;#hereby relieving #he
?ids o% #he re!ar?s o% class!a#es
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&esponden#s Al%erdo ng @r. and &ober# ng are
children o% a#+rnina (aballes allegedly by Man+el
ng.
Man+el ;represen#ing hi!sel% as Al%redo $o< was
in#rod+ced #o a#+rnina by Picen#e y and (ons#ancia
5i! ;in 193 a# a nigh# cl+b in ceb+
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child. (A dis!issed #his %or #here is no !edical proo%
and Man+el ac?nowledged a 5o+rdes "alili ;born
1939< as his na#+ral child wi#h a Pic#oria "alili. he
has t#e r"g#t to t#e bear t#e na$e o% #er nat!ral
%at#er.
An ad+l# !ale is pres+!ed #o have nor!al powers o%
virili#y and #he b+rden o% evidence #o prove #he
con#rary res#s +pon hi! who clai!s o#herwise.
:e#i#ioner has no# overco!e #his pres+!p#ion
*e&!bl"c vs CA 2= SC*A 1=5
Facts:
(yn#hia Picencio %iled a pe#i#ion %or change
o% s+rna!e, %ro! PicencioB #o +B. (yn#hia
alleged #ha# she was born on 19 @an+ary 19C1 in
J+eon (i#y, #o #he spo+ses :ablo (as#ro Picencio
and e sperana de Pega 5eabres. n 10 @an+ary
19C2, a%#er a !ari#al spa#, :ablo Picencio le%# #heir
conE+gal abode. ince #hen, :ablo Picencio never
reappeared nor sen# s+ppor# #o his %a!ily and i# was
rnes#o + who had co!e #o #he aid o% her !o#her.
n 1 April 198, her !o#her and rnes#o + go#
!arried.
ince her childhood, she had no# ?nown !+ch less
re!e!bered her real %a#her :ablo Picencio, and her?nown %a#her had been and s#ill is rnes#o +.
=espi#e o% which she had been +sing #he %a!ily na!e
PicencioB in her school and o#her ac#ivi#ies. 6n view
o% s+ch si#+a#ion, con%+sion arose as #o her paren#age
and she had been s+bEec#ed #o inF+iries why she is
+sing Picencio as her %a!ily na!e, bo#h by her
class!a#es and #heir neighbors, ca+sing her e)#re!e
e!barrass!en#. n #wo ;2< occasions when she ran
as a bea+#y con#es#an# in a 5ions (l+b a%%air and in a
Manila &ed (ross pagean#, her na!e was en#ered as
(yn#hia 5. +. er s#ep%a#her had been cons+l#ed
abo+# #he pe#i#ion and had given his consen# #here#o.
'he #rial co+r# gran#ed #he pe#i#ion. 'he decision was
a%%ir!ed by #he (o+r# o% Appeals, which held #ha# i# is
%or #he bes# in#eres# o% (yn#hia #ha# her s+rna!e be
changed.
Iss!e: /N (yn#hia can change her s+rna!e #o #ha#
o% her s#ep%a#her.
Hel:No
/e have recognied inter alia, #he %ollowing as
s+%%icien# gro+nds #o warran# a change o% na!e- ;a
visi#a#ion righ#s #o #he a#her, @oey =. "riones.
2< Mar , 027 %iles %or abeas (orp+s clai!ing #he
child was visi#ed by Vs Maricel and rancisca Mig+el
rela#ives o% #he !o#her o% #he child, V 5ore#a Mig+el,
+nder #he pre#e)# o% #a?ing #he child #o M, #hen #hey
did no# re#+rn.
3< clai!s #ha# he e)#ensively loo?ed %or #he child
b+# %ailed so he was co!pelled #o %ile %or habeas
corp+s.4< W !o#her 5ore#a alleges #ha# #he child was no#
#a?en as he was %e#ched by her w> #he consen#.
< W and !e# in @apan and had a rela#ionship
#oge#her w>c bore #he child Michael Xevin :ineda
;rela#ionship even#+ally so+red accd7g #o V 5ore#a
beca+se o%illici# rela#ionship w> ano#her wo!an, V
now !arried #o @apanese na#ionalw #he na#+ral
and sp+rio+s na#+re o% #he illegi#i!a#e child
as #hey are #rea#ed in #he sa!e ca#egory.
+r#her!ore absen# any co!pelling reason
%or depriving V 5ore#a c+s#ody over #he child
;s+ch as neglec# or abandon!en#,
+ne!ploy!en#, i!!orali#y, habi#+al
dr+n?enness, dr+g addic#ion, !al#rea#!en#
o% #he child, insani#y, and a%%lic#ion w> a
co!!+nicable disease< c+s#ody shall re!ain
w> #he !o#her, wi#h #he %a#her gran#ed
visi#a#ion righ#s.
2. Mo#her. &igh#- #he child can choose who he
wan#s #o live wi#h when he reaches 10 years
old
;Ac#ion !oo# since child o%% #o @apan d+ring #he
pendency o% #he ac#ion her %a#her i% #he la##er had e)pressly recognied
hi! or her as his o%%spring #hro+gh #he record o% bir#h
appearing in #he civil regis#rar or #hro+gh an
ad!ission !ade in a p+blic or priva#e handwri##en.
=oc+!en#s presen#ed by @ennie already s+%%ice. 'he
a%%idavi# e)ec+#ed by #he %a#her o% =o!iniF+e and #he
#es#i!ony o% his bro#her, whose s+ccessional righ#s
!ay be a%%ec#ed corrobora#es #he clai! o% @ennie.
(ase a# bar, #he recogni#ion !ade in any o% #he
doc+!en#s is, in i#sel%, a cons+!!a#ed ac# o%
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ac?nowledg!en# o% #he child*s pa#erni#yD hence, no
separa#e ac#ion %or E+dicial approval is necessary.
Ar# 1C does no# e)plici#ly s#a#e #ha# #he p+#a#ive
%a#her !+s# sign #he priva#e handwri##en ins#r+!en#
%or i# #o have proba#ive val+e.
MA0U0-AS / L;*E+;
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1. ngracia Man+ngas was #he wi%e o% loren#ino
Man+ngas. 'hey had no children and
adop#ed a!+el Avila.2. loren#ino died in 19CC. Avila predeceased his
!o#her.
3. Gpon #he dea#h o% loren#ino, ngracia
!o#ioned #o par#i#ion #he s#a#e, s+b!i##ing
#ha# #he heirs are hersel%, Avila and &a!onMan+ngas, #he na#+ral child o% loren#ino.
4. AvilaYs widow e)ec+#ed a waiver o% righ#s.
. c#ober 199 ngracia s+ed =iosdadoMan+ngas and Milagros :aci%ico %or illegal
de#ainer. 'hey clai!ed #ha# =iosdado is #he
illegi#i!a#e son o% loren#ino. M'(
dis!issed #he case. &'( also dis!issed #hesa!e.
. =iosdado ins#i#+#ed a pe#i#ion %or #he iss+ance
o% le##ers o% ad!inis#ra#ion over #he s#a#e o%
ngracia Man+ngas in his %avor, alleging#ha# as he is #he illegi#i!a#e child o%
Man+ngas. 5ore#o opposed. (ase wasdis!issed.
6- /N =iosdado, an illegi#i!a#e child, !ay e)ercise
righ#s over #he es#a#e o% ngracia Man+ngas, #he wi%e
o% his p+#a#ive %a#herL
- No. 'he %ac# #ha# =iosdado is an heir #o #he es#a#e
o% loren#ino does no# !ean #ha# he is en#i#led or even
F+ali%ied #o beco!e #he special ad!inis#ra#or o% #hes#a#e o% Man+ngas.
6# co!es wi#h reason and pr+dence #ha# #hose who areappoin#ed special ad!inis#ra#or be in#eres#ed in #hepreserva#ion o% #he es#a#e.
(ase a# bar, #he evidence on record shows #ha#
=iosdado is no# rela#ed #o #he la#e ngracia and so heis no# in#eres#ed in preserving #he la##erYs es#a#e.
-;+A*D; / ULI0-
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1. =ivina "+ling %iled a case in 199 %or #he
co!p+lsory recogni#ion o% her child $li%%eagains# (harles $o#ardo
2. vidence was presen#ed showing #ha# =ivina
and (harles !e# in 1992 and #heir se)+al
rela#ions s#ar#ed in 1993. 6# occ+red #wice a
!on#h.3. he %o+nd o+# she was pregnan# in A+g+s#
1994.
4. he gave bir#h on March 9, 199. (harles
%ailed #o show +p and did no# s+ppor#
$li%%e.
. :e#i#ioners i!p+gns #he pa#erni#y o% #he child
clai!ing #ha# hey had #heir %irs# se)+al
enco+n#er in A+g+s# 1994.
. &'( dis!issed #he co!plain# beca+se o% so!e
inconsis#encies o% =ivina when being crosse)a!ined. (A reversed and concl+ded
par#ies had se) even be%ore 1994, #ha#=ivina had only one boy%riend.
6- /N illegi#i!a#e child !ay be given s+ppor#L
- es
(o+r# %o+nd #ha# $li%%e is indeed #he child o% #he
pe#i#ioner. 'his was d+ly proven #hro+gh #he#es#i!ony o% =ivina #ha# she only had been se)+ally
involved wi#h one !an a# #he #i!e o% her pregnancy.
ince i# had already been es#ablished #ha# (harles is#he %a#her o% #he child, s+ppor# %ollows as a !a##er o%
obliga#ion. A paren# is obliged #o s+ppor# a child,
whe#her legi#i!a#e or illegi#i!a#e.
2,000 !on#hly child s+ppor# shall be awarded #o
=ivina and $li%%e.
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*eyes v, Ma!r"c"o
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1. +genio &eyes was #he regis#ered owner o% a
parcel o% land in "+lacan.
2. 5ibrada and da+gh#er 5eonida Ma+rico %iled#he case %or ann+l!en# o% agree!en#
clai!ing #ha# #hey are #he heirs o% $odo%redo
Ma+ricio who was #he law%+l and regis#ered
#enan# o% +genio.
3. 'hey clai!ed #ha# $odo%redo had beenwor?ing on #he land since 193 +n#il his
dea#h in 1994. +r#her, #hey arg+e #ha# #he
agree!en# signed +pon $odo%redoYs dea#hwas had #hro+gh %ra+d and decei#.
4. 5ibrada died, 5eonida was s+bs#i#+#ed as a
par#y.
. &eyes arg+es #ha# no #enancy rela#ionshipe)is#ed be#ween hi! and responden#s. e
clai!ed #ha# 5ibrada vol+n#arily a%%i)ed her
signa#+re on #he doc+!en#.
. 6# was held #ha# Ma+ricios are #enan#s o%&eyes. (ase was bro+gh# #o #he (A, (A
s+s#ained #he decision.C. eeling depera#e, +genio %iled an appeal wi#h
#he (. e presen#ed several arg+!en#s,in#er alia, 5eonida is no# a par#y #o #he case,
in e%%ec# a##ac?ing #he legi#i!acy o% 5eonida
colla#erally.
6- /N legi#i!acy o% a child !ay be i!p+gned
colla#erallyL
- No. ilia#ion canno# be colla#erally a##ac?ed. 'helegi#i!acy o% a child canno# be con#es#ed by way o%
de%ense or as a colla#eral iss+e in ano#her ac#ion %or a
di%%eren# p+rpose.
Ar#. 1C0 and 1C1 o% #he ( provides #ha# any ac#ion
agains# F+es#ions o% legi#i!acy !+s# be bro+gh# +p in
#he proper co+r#. 6# can only be F+es#ioned in a direc#
ac#ion seasonably %iled by #he proper par#y and no#
#hro+gh colla#eral a##ac?.
Anal vs Macara"g
A('-
1. Mariano Andal, a !inor, assis#ed by his
!o! Maria =+enas %iled a co!plain# %or #he
recovery o% #he ownership and possession o%
a parcel o% land owned by !iliano Andal
and Maria =+enas. Mariano was born on
@+ne 1C, 1943.
2. d+vigis Macaraig, dona#ed land via prop#er
n+p#ias #o !iliano.
3. !iliano was s+%%ering %ro! '".
4. Maria =+enas eloped wi#h eli), #he bro#her
o% !iliano.. Maria gave bir#h #o a boy, in #he na!e o%
Mariano Andal.
. !iliano died on @an 1, 1943.
6- /N Mariano Andal is #he legi#i!a#e child o% #he
Maria and MarianoL
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Ar#. 108 o% #he (( provides #ha# children born a%#er
180 days a%#er #he dissol+#ion o% #he !arriage or 300
days ne)# %ollowing #he dissol+#ion or separa#ion o%
#he spo+ses are pres+!ed #o be legi#i!a#e.
(onsidering #ha# Mariano was born on @+ne 1C, 1943
and !iliano died on @an+ary 1, 1943, #he %or!er is
pres+!ed #o be a legi#i!a#e son o% #he la##er beca+se
he was born wi#hin 300 days %ollowing #he
dissol+#ion o% #he !arriage ;#hro+gh dea#h
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preceding #he bir#h o% #he child can i# be considered
#ha# #he child was no# legi#i!a#e.
Maria*s illici# in#erco+rse wi#h a !an o#her #han #he
h+sband d+ring #he ini#ial period does no# precl+de
cohabi#a#ion be#ween h+sband and wi%e. ;Meaning,
#hey can s#ill have se) even when he has ano#her
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and #he child born was conde!ned
illegi#i!a#e.
4, (+s#ody was #hen given #o 'heresa.
., 'heresa con#ends #ha# a p+#a#ive %a#her
canno# have visi#a#ion righ#s over #he
illegi#i!a#e child and #he child*s s+rna!eshall be changed #o #he !o#her*s !aiden
na!e.
6, $erardo opposed #he view o% 'heresa and
clai!s #ha# he canno# be denied access #o
@ose as he is #he real %a#her o% #he sa!e.
Iss!e:/N a child born o+# o% a biga!o+s !arriage
is considered an illegi#i!a#e child o% #he prior
!arriage con#rac#edL
*!l"ng:No. @ose is a legi#i!a#e child o% 'heresa
A0D MA*I; 2%or$er #!sban5AN= N'
$&A&=
Al#ho+gh i# is #r+e #ha# a child is considered
legi#i!a#e even when #he !o#her !ay have declared
agains# i#s legi#i!acy or !ay have been sen#enced as
an ad+l#eress. +ch legi#i!acy per#ains #o #he
!arriage #ha# was %irs# con#rac#ed.
n #he arg+!en# o% $erardo #ha# accdg. #o Ar#. 1
;b< o% #he (, #he legi#i!acy o% #he child !ay be
i!p+gned, when #he h+sband and #he wi%e is living
separa#ely and se)+al in#erco+rse is no# possibleB
canno# be given gro+nd beca+se he %ailed #o show
proo% #ha# #here is an i!possibili#y be#ween 'heresa
and Mario #o have se). Mario lives 4 ?ilo!e#ers away
%ro! #he residence o% 'heresa .
'he bir#h cer#i%ica#e o% @ose canno# be given
eviden#iary val+e beca+se i# was no# o%%ered as
evidence in co+r#. Also, proo% o% %ili#ia#ion can onlybe given credence when #he legi#i!acy o% #he child is
in F+es#ion. nly Mario and o#her heirs can F+es#ion
s+ch legi#i!acy beca+se in #he eyes o% #he law,
$erardo has no s#anding as he is considered a
s#ranger #o @ose.
'he law and only #he law de#er!ine, who are #he
legi#i!a#e or illegi#i!a#e children, %or one*s
legi#i!acy or illegi#i!acy canno# ever be
co!pro!ised. No# even #he bir#h cer#i%ica#e o% #he
!inor can change his s#a#+s %or #he in%or!a#ion
con#ained #herein is !erely s+pplied by #he !o#herand>or #he s+pposed %a#her. 6# sho+ld be wha# #he law
says and no# wha# a paren# says i# is.
A-US+I0 / CA
Facts:
&esponden#s e Angela and her son Mar#in
:rolla!an#e s+ed Mar#in*s alleged biological %a#her,
pe#i#ioner Arnel Ag+s#in, %or s+ppor# and
s+ppor#pendente litebe%ore #he J+eon (i#y &'(.
6n #heir co!plain#, responden#s alleged #ha# Arnel
co+r#ed e, a%#er which #hey en#ered in#o an in#i!a#e
rela#ionship. Arnel s+pposedly i!pregna#ed e on her
34#h bir#hday b+# despi#e Arnel*s insis#ence on
abor#ion, e decided #o give bir#h #o #heir child o+# o%
wedloc?, Mar#in. 'he baby*s bir#h cer#i%ica#e was
p+rpor#edly signed by Arnel as #he %a#her. Arnel
sho+ldered #he prena#al and hospi#al e)penses b+#
la#er re%+sed e*s repea#ed reF+es#s %or Mar#in*s
s+ppor# despi#e his adeF+a#e %inancial capaci#y and
even s+gges#ed #o have #he child co!!i##ed %or
adop#ion. Arnel also denied having %a#hered #he child.
n @an+ary 2001, while e was carrying %ive!on#h
old Mar#in a# #he (api#ol ills $ol% and (o+n#ry (l+b
par?ing lo#, Arnel sped o%% in his van, wi#h #he open
car door hi##ing e*s leg. 'his inciden# was repor#ed
#o #he police. everal !on#hs la#er, e was diagnosed
wi#h le+?e!ia and has, since #hen, been +ndergoingche!o#herapy. e and Mar#in #hen s+ed Arnel %or
s+ppor#.
e and Mar#in !oved %or #he iss+ance o% an order
direc#ing all #he par#ies #o s+b!i# #he!selves #o =NA
pa#erni#y #es#ing, which Arnel opposed by invo?ing
his cons#i#+#ional righ# agains# sel%incri!ina#ion and
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!oving #o dis!iss #he co!plain# %or lac? o% ca+se o%
ac#ion.
'he #rial co+r# denied #he M'= and ordered #he
par#ies #o s+b!i# #he!selves #o =NA pa#erni#y #es#ing
a# #he e)pense o% #he applican#s. 'he (o+r# o%
Appeals a%%ir!ed #he #rial co+r#, #h+s #his pe#i#ion.
Iss!e:
/>N #he responden# co+r# erred in denying #he
pe#i#ioner*s M'=
/>N #he co+r# erred in direc#ing par#ies #o s+bEec# #o
=NA pa#erni#y #es#ing and was a %or! o%
+nreasonable search
Hel:
1, 0o, 'he #rial co+r# properly denied #he pe#i#ioner*s
!o#ion #o dis!iss beca+se #he priva#e responden#s*
co!plain# on i#s %ace showed #ha# #hey had a ca+se o%
ac#ion agains# #he pe#i#ioner. 'he ele!en#s o% a ca+se
o% ac#ion are- ;1< #he plain#i%%*s pri!ary righ# and #he
de%endan#*s corresponding pri!ary d+#y, and ;2< #he
delic# or wrong%+l ac# or o!ission o% #he de%endan#,
by which #he pri!ary righ# and d+#y have been
viola#ed. 'he ca+se o% ac#ion is de#er!ined no# by #he
prayer o% #he co!plain# b+# by #he %ac#s alleged.
3, 0o, 6n Ople v. )orres,#he +pre!e (o+r# s#r+c?
down #he proposed na#ional co!p+#eried
iden#i%ica#ion sys#e! e!bodied in Ad!inis#ra#ive
rder No. 308, we said-
*n no uncertain ter$s, +e also underscore that the
riht to privacy does not bar all incursions into
individual privacy. )he riht is not intended to stifle
scientific and technoloical advance$ents that
enhance public service and the co$$on ood...
6n#r+sions in#o #he righ# !+s# be acco!panied by
proper sa%eg+ards #ha# enhance p+blic service and #he
co!!on good.
is#orically, i# has !os#ly been in #he areas o% legali#y
o% searches and sei+res, and #he in%ringe!en# o%
privacy o% co!!+nica#ion where #he cons#i#+#ional
righ# #o privacy has been cri#ically a# iss+e.
:e#i#ioner*s case involves nei#her and, as already
s#a#ed, his arg+!en# #ha# his righ# agains# sel%
incri!ina#ion is in Eeopardy holds no wa#er.
Herrera vs, Alba
Ac#ion #o i!p+gn 5egi#i!acy- "iological or o#her
scien#i%ic gro+ndsB
Facts-
14 May 1998, #hen #hir#eenyearold &osendo Alba,
represen#ed by his !o#her Ar!i Alba be%ore #he #rial
co+r# a pe#i#ion %or co!p+lsory recogni#ion, s+ppor#
and da!ages agains# pe#i#ioner ;&osendoerrera14>83, #hen
!arried #o Ag+eda =enoso ;childless>88 priv
resp $+adal+pe $aspay Al%aro alleged _ '( #ha#
she*s ac?nowledged 6( o% laviano wi#h (la+dia
:ason, prayed %or iss+ance o% le##ers o% ad!in o%
laviano*s es#a#e.
:e#i#ioners are @r. ;adop#ed son< and riber#a ;ne)# o%
?in< who %iled %or an M'= ;!o#ion #o dis!iss