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It is duly signed by the issuing authority, certified as a true and genuine reproduction/copy of the original and authenticated before issuance. Civil registry documents in Security Paper are required and needed by individuals as basic documents in applying for Passport, Visa purposes, SSS, GSIS, PRC, employment, school purposes and other government transactions. The Security Papers that are presently being used in civil registry documents issued by local civil registry offices are printed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
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FAQs on Civil Registration Procedures in the Philippines:
The provisions of the law governing use of surnames were formulated in order to avoid confusion in the use of surnames, and to settle doubts on their proper use (Report of Code Commission, p. 51, cited in Tolentino, Supra, p. 271), we are unable to find any provision in the Muslim Code or the Civil Code which would authorize the use of the name as the family name surname of the children of Muslim parents, the purposes of registration, especially in accomplishing the Certificate of Live Birth (Mun. Form No. 102). Accordingly, unless the law is amended to reflect the alleged tradition or practice, the children should bear the family or surname of their father for registration purposes. (Opinion No. 112, Series of 1985, from the Minister of Justice Estelito P. Mendoza)
Children conceived and born out of a valid marriage are illegitimate, unless otherwise provided in the Family Code (Art. 165, F. C.)
Children born bigamous marriages;
Children born of marriages void for reason of public policy under Art 38 of the Family Code;
Children born of couples below 18, whether there are married (which married is void) or not; and
Illegitimate children as defined under the Civil Code of the Philippines who were born prior to August 3, 1988 and whose births were not previously registered shall be registered under the following rules in addition to those provided for delayed registration of births:
Recognition or acknowledgement of an illegitimate child may be made jointly by the father and mother or by only one of them (Art. 276, C. C.) When the father or the mother makes the recognition separately, he or she shall not reveal the name of the person with whom he or she had the child; neither shall he or she state any circumstance whereby the other parent may be identified (Art. 280, C. C.)
An illegitimate child has the right to bear the surname of the parent recognizing him (par. 1, Art. 282, C. C.) However, an illegitimate child who is not recognized or acknowledged by both parents in accordance with law shall be registered under the surname of the mother (Opinion No. 147 S. 1986, Minister of Justice)
Recognition shall be made in the record of birth, a will, statement before a record, or any authentic writing (Art. 278, C. C.). If made on record of birth at the time of registration the affidavit of acknowledgement printed at the back of the certificate of live birth shall be signed and sworn to jointly by the parents of the illegitimate child, or only by the mother if the father refuses (Sec. 5, Act No. 3753).
May an illegitimate child born on or after August 3, 1988 carry the surname of the father if the father executes an affidavit of admission of paternity?
Illegitimate children born on or after August 3, 1988 shall use the surname of the mother. (Section 1 OCRG Circular No. 4 dates October 11, 1988)
The father of an illegitimate child who wishes to have his name indicated in item 13 of the Certificate of Live Birth shall execute an affidavit of Admission of Paternity in lieu of the affidavit of acknowledgement. The purpose of affidavit of admission of paternity is for the support and succession only, and it does not entitle the illegitimate child to use the surname of his father. (Section 2 OCRG Circular No. 4 dates October 11, 1988)
What is the rule on registration of births of illegitimate children who were born on August 3, 1988 and thereafter?
An illegitimate child shall use the surname of his mother (Art. 176, F. C.) regardless of whether or not his father admits paternity. (Opinion of the Civil Code Revision Committee, September 23, 1988)
The name of the father of the illegitimate child may be indicated on the birth certificate of the latter whenever the former executes an affidavit of admission of paternity, provided that such affidavit shall not affect the naming of the illegitimate child. (Opinion of the Civil Code Revision Committee, September 23, 1988)
Illegitimate children falling under this classification who were not registered within the prescribed period of registration shall comply with the requirement of delayed registration of births. (Section 4 Circular No. 89-13 dated July 17, 1989)
The full name of an individual consists of a first or given name, a middle name which is the mother's maiden surname and the last name which is generally the father's surname. Entries of names in the birth certificate should, as much as possible and legally permissible, follow the above convention. (I. M. p. 14)
If until registration the parents are not decided on the first name for the child, write only the middle and last name but never write "Baby Boy or Baby Girl". Entries such as "Jr." or "II" affixed to an individual's first name to distinguish him from an ascendant of the same name are acceptable as added identification. (I. M. p. 14-15)
If the child was born on or after August 3, 1988, write the last name of the mother.
If the child was born before August, 3 1988:
Enter the last name of the acknowledging parent if either the father or the mother alone acknowledges the child. In this case, no information should lead to the identity of the parent not acknowledging the child, that is, the space provided for the information about the parent must have "Not Applicable", or "N. A." as entry.
If no parent acknowledges the child, enter the last name of the mother. (I. M. p. 15-16)
For births that did not occur in any of the above institution, write the complete address where birth occurred. (I. M. p. 17)
Is it important to indicate the date and place of the marriage of the parents in certificate of live birth?
Enter "Unknown", "Don't Know", "D. K." if the informant could not supply the information.
Enter "Not Married" if the parents of the child are not legally married on or before the birth of the child and their names appeared in Item 6 and Item 13. (I. M. p. 24-25)
The signature affixed in this item indicates that the certificate was filed and accepted by the civil registrar. The date indicates whether the birth certificates were filed within he reglementary period.
The absence of the necessary signature in the Item 22 can be a basis for questioning the validity of the certificate. (I. M. p. 27)
What is meant by an "out-of-town Reporting of Birth"?
The duty of accepting Certificate of Live Birth for out-of-town reporting by the concerned civil registrar may also be performed by the Civil Registrar-General or by his authorized representatives who are the Regional Administrators and Provincial Statistics Officers of the National Statistics Office. (Rule 20, A. O. No 1, S. 1993)
The civil registrar or the authorized representative of the National Statistics Office to the application for out-of-town reporting is presented may require from the applicant such other supporting papers as may be considered necessary in establishing the facts of birth especially those pertaining to the date and place of birth and filiations of the child whose birth is being sought for registration;
The Certificate of Live Birth, for the purpose of this Rule, shall have the marginal annotation in the form of the following remark: "Registered pursuant to Rule 20 of the Administrative Order No. 1, S. 1993"; and
The civil registrar of the city or municipality where the out-of-town reporting is sought, upon receipt of the Certificate of Live Birth and pertinent papers, shall proceed with the registration. He shall indicate the date when he received the document, and shall sign over his printed name in appropriate space in the Certificate of Live Birth. When the Certificate of Live Birth has been duly recorded and assigned a registry number, the civil registrar shall send back the original copy to the civil registrar or the authorized representative of the National Statistics Office who forwarded the Certificate of Live Birth, who in turn shall give the copy bearing the registry number to the registrant. (Rule 20, A. O. Order No 1, S. 1993)
Legitimation is a remedy by means of which those who in fact were not born in wedlock and should therefore, be considered illegitimate, are, by fiction, considered legitimate, it being supposed that they were born when their parents were already validly married. (1 Manresa 550, as cited on p. 251, Handbook on Family Code of the Philippines, Alicia V. Sempio-Diy)
Only children conceived and born outside of wedlock of parents who, at the time of the conception of the former, were not disqualified by any impediments to marry each other, may be legitimated. (Art. 177, Family Code)
Acknowledgement (not required for illegitimate children born on or after August 3, 1988);
Affidavit of legitimation executed by both parents shall contain the following facts:
The name of the parents;
That at the time when child was conceived, the aforesaid parents could have contracted marriage, and that they subsequently contracted marriage;
The manner by which the child was acknowledged by the parents which may be in the child's record of birth, in a will, a statement before a court of record, or any authentic writing. (not required for illegitimate children born on or after August 3, 1998)
The the child has been acknowledged by the parents before or after the celebration of their marriage; and
The acknowledgement has been made with the consent of the child, if age or with the approval of court, is a minor, unless it has been made in the certificate before the court of record, or in any authentic writing.
When the interested party requests a copy of the birth certificate of a legitimated child a certified copy of the certificate of Live Birth bearing annotation "Legitimated by Subsequent Marriage on __________ (date of marriage) at __________ (place of marriage)" or a certified transcription using standard form from the Register of Births bearing the effects of legitimation and the same annotation indicated in the certified true copy shall be issued. (Rule 66, A. O. No. 1, S. 1993)
Legitimation shall take place by a subsequent valid marriage between parents. The annulment of a voidable marriage shall not affect the legitimation. (Art. 178, Family Code of the Philippines)
Adoption may be considered a process "to take into one's family through legal means and raise as one own's child". (the Groiler International Dictionary, Vol. 1, 1981: Houghton Mifflin Company)
Adoption is also defined as "a judicial act which creats between two persons a relationship similar to that which result from legitimate paternity and filiations". (A Valverde 473, quoted in Prasnick vs. Rep. of the Phil. 665)(Civil Law Reviewer by Desiderio P. Jurado, 1882 Twelfth Edition with Supplement published by National Book Store, Inc.)
Rule 1 OCRG Circular No. 90-2 dated March 28, 1990 likewise define Adoption as a legal process pursuant to P. D. No. 603, as amended by Executive order No. 209 (Family Code of the Philippines) in which a child's legal right and duties toward his natural parents are terminated and similar rights and duties toward his adoptive parents are substituted.
Adoption is always a juridical act (Lazati v. Campos, 92 SCRA 250) and it cannot be granted administratively. And because there can be no valid adoption without a court decree granting the same, a mere agreement of adoption between the adopters and the parents of the child is not a valid adoption (Ynigo v. Republic, 95 Phil. 244), nor the mere fact that the child has lived with the alleged adopter who had treated him like his own child sufficient t establish a valid adoption between the alleged adopter and the child (Lazatin v. Campos, 92 SCRA 250).
Four (4) copies of the birth certificate of the adopted to be distributed in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph. (OCRG Circular No. 90-2 dated March 28 1990
Copy of the registered Certificate of Live Birth of the adopted child. If the birth of the adopted child was not previously registered in the civil registrar with the child's natural parents under the rules governing delayed registration of birth;
If the adopted child was a foundling, the document to be amended in his Certificate of Live Birth based on the available information which may be obtained from the adopting parents, or from reliable and competent sources;
When the interested party requests a copy of the amended Certificate of Live Birth, the copy to be issued shall not bear the annotation or any remark that will disclose the facts of the adoption. (Rule 55 A. O. No. 1, S. 1993)
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