Practice question
A petitioner asks through Rule 108 to invalidate a marriage as bigamous and thereby defeat a child's legitimacy, while calling both issues incidental clerical corrections. What lesson from Braza applies?
- The clerical label automatically controls.
- Every filiation dispute is a harmless typo.
- DNA testing replaces all proper-party rules.
- The court must accept every requested status change.
- The actual marriage and filiation challenges require the governing direct-action framework.
Legal references
- Braza v. City Civil Registrar of Himamaylan City, G.R.181174, December4 2009, main decision; https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2009/dec2009/gr_181174_2009.html
- Republic v. Olaybar, G.R.189538, February10 2014, main decision; https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2014/feb2014/gr_189538_2014.html
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