Title VI Chapter 3: Illegitimate Children | Family Code of the Philippines
TITLE VI FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES – We are now going to know about the third chapter of 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.
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Chapter 3 Title VI in the Executive Order No. 209 is titled Illegitimate Children. Here they are, according to this website:
Article 175
Illegitimate children may establish their illegitimate filiation in the same way and on the same evidence as legitimate children.
The action must be brought within the same period specified in Article 173, except when the action is based on the second paragraph of Article 172, in which case the action may be brought during the lifetime of the alleged parent. (289a)
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. The legitime of each illegitimate child shall consist of one-half of the legitime of a legitimate child. Except for this modification, all other provisions in the Civil Code governing successional rights shall remain in force. (287a)
READ ALSO:
– Title VI Chapter 2: Proof of Filiation
– Title VI Chapter 1: Legitimate Children
– Title VI Overview
– Title V Chapter 2: The Family Home | Family Code of the Philippines