Title IX: Parental Authority | Family Code of the Philippines

Title IX: Parental Authority | Family Code of the Philippines

TITLE IX FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES – We are now going to know about the Title IX of the Family Code of the Philippines.

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 IX in the Executive Order No. 209 is titled Parental Authority and contains Articles 209 and 233. Here they are, according to this website:

• Chapter 1: General Provisions
  • Article 209
  • Article 210
  • Article 211
  • Article 212
  • Article 213
  • Article 214
  • Article 215
• Chapter 2: Substitute and Special Parental Authority
  • Article 216
  • Article 217
  • Article 218
  • Article 219
• Chapter 3: Effect of Parental Authority Upon the Persons of the Children
  • Article 220
  • Article 221
  • Article 222
  • Article 223
  • Article 224
• Chapter 4: Effect of Parental Authority Upon the Property of the Children
  • Article 225
  • Article 226
  • Article 227
• Chapter 5: Suspension or Termination of Parental Authority
  • Article 228
  • Article 229
  • Article 230
  • Article 231
  • Article 232
  • Article 233

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