Practice question
After a valid current adoption, the adopter’s family argues that legitimate filiation can never extend beyond the adopter personally, relying on an older parent-child-only description. A dispute concerns the statutory relationship to the adopter’s parents and legitimate siblings. Which current provision is decisive?
- Every old summary overrides the new statute
- Adoption is merely a revocable private favor
- Section 41 expressly extends the created legitimate filiation to the adopter’s parents, legitimate siblings and legitimate descendants
- The adoptee has no legally recognized family
- A family vote can erase statutory filiation
Legal references
- RA 11642, Section 41: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/94036
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