Practice question
A covered foundling discovered in the Philippines has not been adopted. An official says natural-born status begins only when adoption is finalized. Which answer follows Section 5?
- Adoption is always the act of naturalization
- A finder may privately grant citizenship
- All unadopted children are stateless
- The statutory natural-born presumption does not depend on completion of adoption
- Only the adopter's citizenship ever matters
Legal references
- RA11767, Sections3–5 and7–11: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11767_2022.html
- 1987 Constitution, ArticleIV: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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