Practice question
An adoption entry is a required civil-register matter. A stranger argues that public-document status therefore authorizes unrestricted access to every sealed original adoption record. Which is correct?
- Every stranger has unrestricted access
- Confidentiality is impossible for civil records
- Only newspaper publishers may inspect freely
- The original record must be posted online
- The required entry must be read with RA11642’s sealing and confidentiality safeguards
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles407-413 and415: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.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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