Practice question
A foreign national meets the age, character, and residency requirements but the national law does not recognize the child as a legal child or permit entry as an adoptee. No alternative statutory route is established. Is personal qualification alone sufficient under Section 21(e)?
- No; the country-law recognition and entry conditions must also be met
- Yes, residency erases every other condition
- Yes, the adopter may promise to ignore border law
- Yes, financial wealth substitutes for recognition
- Yes, the child’s surname alone suffices
Legal references
- RA11642, Sections21-34, domestic administrative adoption: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11642_2022.html
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