Practice question
A spouse validly adopts the legitimate child of the other spouse. Must the biological parent’s legal ties necessarily be severed solely because adoption occurred?
- No; Section 42 expressly preserves the exception where the biological parent is the adopter’s spouse
- Yes, every biological tie is severed without exception
- Yes, even the statutory exception is irrelevant
- The child loses all parents
- The school chooses which parent survives legally
Legal references
- RA 11642, Section 42: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/94036
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