Title IX Chapter 3: Effect of Parental Authority Upon the Persons of the Children | Family Code of the Philippines
TITLE IX FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES – We are now going to know about the third chapter of Title IX of 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
Chapter 3 in Title IX in the Executive Order No. 209 is titled Effect of Parental Authority Upon the Persons of the Children. Here are the contents of this chapter, according to this website:
Article 220
The parents and those exercising parental authority shall have with the respect to their unemancipated children on wards the following rights and duties:
- To keep them in their company, to support, educate and instruct them by right precept and good example, and to provide for their upbringing in keeping with their means;
- To give them love and affection, advice and counsel, companionship and understanding;
- To provide them with moral and spiritual guidance, inculcate in them honesty, integrity, self-discipline, self-reliance, industry and thrift, stimulate their interest in civic affairs, and inspire in them compliance with the duties of citizenship;
- To furnish them with good and wholesome educational materials, supervise their activities, recreation and association with others, protect them from bad company, and prevent them from acquiring habits detrimental to their health, studies and morals;
- To represent them in all matters affecting their interests;
- To demand from them respect and obedience;
- To impose discipline on them as may be required under the circumstances; and
- To perform such other duties as are imposed by law upon parents and guardians. (316a)
Article 221
Parents and other persons exercising parental authority shall be civilly liable for the injuries and damages caused by the acts or omissions of their unemancipated children living in their company and under their parental authority subject to the appropriate defenses provided by law. (2180(2)a and (4)a )
Article 222
The courts may appoint a guardian of the child’s property or a guardian ad litem when the best interests of the child so requires. (317)
Article 223
The parents or, in their absence or incapacity, the individual, entity or institution exercising parental authority, may petition the proper court of the place where the child resides, for an order providing for disciplinary measures over the child. The child shall be entitled to the assistance of counsel, either of his choice or appointed by the court, and a summary hearing shall be conducted wherein the petitioner and the child shall be heard.
However, if in the same proceeding the court finds the petitioner at fault, irrespective of the merits of the petition, or when the circumstances so warrant, the court may also order the deprivation or suspension of parental authority or adopt such other measures as it may deem just and proper. (318a)
Article 224
The measures referred to in the preceding article may include the commitment of the child for not more than thirty days in entities or institutions engaged in child care or in children’s homes duly accredited by the proper government agency.
The parent exercising parental authority shall not interfere with the care of the child whenever committed but shall provide for his support. Upon proper petition or at its own instance, the court may terminate the commitment of the child whenever just and proper. (391a)
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