AN ACT ALLOWING ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN TO USE THE SURNAME OF THEIR FATHER
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AN ACT ALLOWING ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN TO USE THE SURNAME OF THEIR FATHER
Republic Act No. 9255
February 24, 2004
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Summary of Republic Act No. 9255Amending Article 176 of the Family Code of the Philippines
- Illegitimate children shall use the surname and be under the parental authority of their mother. (Section 1)
- Illegitimate children are entitled to support in conformity with the Family Code. (Section 1)
- Illegitimate children may use the surname of their father if:
- Their filiation has been expressly recognized by the father through the record of birth in the civil register. (Section 1)
- There is an admission in a public document or private handwritten instrument made by the father. (Section 1)
- The father has the right to institute an action before regular courts to prove non-filiation during his lifetime. (Section 1)
- The legitime (inheritance share) of each illegitimate child shall be one-half of the legitime of a legitimate child. (Section 1)
Repealing Clause (Section 2)
- All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, proclamations, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Act are repealed or modified accordingly.
Effectivity Clause (Section 3)
- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days from its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
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AN ACT ALLOWING ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN TO USE THE SURNAME OF THEIR FATHER
Republic Act No. 9255
•February 24, 2004
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Twelfth CongressThird Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-second day of July, two thousand three.
Republic Act No. 9255             February 24 2004
AN ACT ALLOWING ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN TO USE THE SURNAME OF THEIR FATHER, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 176 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Article 176 of Executive Order No. 209, otherwise known as the Family Code of the Philippines, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Article 176. Illegitimate children shall use the surname and shall be under the parental authority of their mother, and shall be entitled to support in conformity with this Code. However, illegitimate children may use the surname of their father if their filiation has been expressly recognized by the father through the record of birth appearing in the civil register,...
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