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Practice question: Rectification of Simulated Birth Record (RA 11222)

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A qualifying rectification and adoption order issues. A registrar proposes merely to retain the simulated entry as the only operative record, asserting that correction means permanently preserving the falsely named biological parents. Which is best?
  1. The simulated entry must remain the sole operative record
  2. The statutory sequence requires cancellation of the simulated record, the appropriate rectified biological-parent or foundling record, and the adoption-based new record under the current framework
  3. No adoption record may ever be made
  4. The registrar may invent new biological parents
  5. The adopter’s private affidavit alone replaces the order

Legal references

  • RA11222, Sections4,6,9,11-15, read with RA11642: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2019/ra_11222_2019.html
  • RA11642, current NACC framework and Sections37-39 registry and confidentiality: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11642_2022.html

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