Title VI: Paternity and Filiation | Family Code of the Philippines

Title VI: Paternity and Filiation | Family Code of the Philippines

TITLE VI FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES – We are now going to know about Title VI of the Executive Order No. 209.

The Family Code of the Philippines of 1987 was enacted into law by the 11th President of the Philippines Maria Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.

The EO was meant to supplant Book I of the Civil Code which concerns persons and family relations. Work on the said law began in 1979 and was drafted by two successive committees, with the first chaired by Supreme Court Justice Romero, and the second by former Supreme Court Justice J.B.L. Reyes.

EO 209 covers fields significant public interest, which also includes the laws on marriage.

Contents

Title Vi in the Executive Order No. 209 is titled Paternity and Filiation and contains Articles 163 to 182. Here they are, according to this website:

• Chapter 1: Legitimate Children
  • Article 163
  • Article 164
  • Article 165
  • Article 166
  • Article 167
  • Article 168
  • Article 169
  • Article 170
  • Article 171
• Chapter 2: Proof of Filiation
  • Article 172
  • Article 173
  • Article 174
• Chapter 3: Illegitimate Children
  • Article 175
  • Article 176
• Chapter 4: Legitimated Children
  • Article 177
  • Article 178
  • Article 179
  • Article 180
  • Article 181
  • Article 182

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