Reputic of ne Finuppines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon Cry

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Reguiar Session

4649

HOUSE BILL NO.

introduced by Hon. ANGELO B. PALMONES

AN ACT
AMENDING TITLE Xill, ARTICLE 368 OF THE CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES:
AND CHAPTER 3, ARTICLE 176 OF THE FAMILY CODE (EO No. 209)
AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE MIDDLE NAME OF THE MOTHER BY AN
ILLEGITIMATE CHILD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

tiegitimate children trrough no fault of their own suffer rom discnmination
trom their colleagues dended because they are not recognized by tneir fathers Thus
ohen traumatizes illegitimate children and as a result they become shy and cevelop
an inferionty complex. Sometimes even their own families are insensitive to the point
of cating them names Very few are cared for and loved as the tegitimate chidres

Even the Civil Code of the Phitippines (RA No 386) is insensit
of wegitmate children by prescriping in Title Xitl (Use of Sumames), Are
illeg-tmate chnaren shall bear the surname of tne mother. Likewise, the 1y Coce

#sne Pruppines (EC No. 209) promulgates in Chapter 3, Article 176 that iieg,
en shail use the sumame of thei mother

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AS a result, illegitimate children who are not recognized by them famers nor
given consent by their fatners to use the latter's surname, assumes the surname of
ineir mother, but do not have a middie name because neither the Civ; Coae of me
Philippines nor the Family Code prescnbes what middie name to use by skegitmate
chidren, Tiss Act aims to correct this by amending both the Civil Code ana tne
Family Code and prescribe the use by illegitimate children the middle name of the
mstners

Ths Act deserves early passage to reduce the suffering cf siegtenate
chilsres

ANGELO B. PALMONES
Reprégentative, AGHAM Pary



Repudic of tne Phiippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

Introduced by Hon. ANGELO B. PALMONES
AN ACT
AMENDING TITLE Xill, ARTICLE 366 OF THE CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
(AND CHAPTER 3, ARTICLE 176 OF THE FAMILY CODE (EO No. 208)
AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE MIDDLE NAME OF THE MOTHER BY AN
ILLEGITIMATE CHILD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
opines in Congress Assembled

Pr

TION 1 Title - The act snail De known as the ‘Miadie Name of legitimate
riidren Act of 2071

On

SECTION 2. Use of the miadie came of the mather of itegitimate chia — “ne ast
sentence of Chapter 3, Articie 175 of the Famity Code (EO No. 209) 1s amended to
Foad ag follows Niegitimats children shall use the surname and middie name cf ther
mother, and shall be entitled to support in conformity with this code

Likewise. Title XIll, Article 368 of the Civil Code of the Philippines shall De amended
to read as follows: Illegitimate chiidven referred to in Article 267 shall bear the
surname and middle name of the mother.

SECTION 3 Addition of the middie name of illegitimate children — Momers O°
guardians of legitimate chndren below 16 years old who wish to add the middie
some of tné mothers of their wards sah merely inform the focal Cul Regstiat ©
wnting, The Civil Registrar will record the change in their books and 1 ium form
the National Statistics Office (NSO: of the change The NSO shal! issue 4
centitication of the change in the name of the illegitimate child. Such change snali be
Shiered into the books/records of the NSO The services of the Civil Registrar and
tne NSO shall be for free

Similany, iiegitimate children 18 years and older may on their own “equeat 10 Civii
Registrac. in writing of the addition of the middle name using the middie nae of the
iether the same procedure shall be followed by the Civil Registrar and ine NSO
and their services shail be for free


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SN 4 Effectivity ciause - Ths Act snail take affect after f
ng tts publication in the Othcrai Gazette or in two (2) newsPaPe’

culation.