Practice question
A covered foundling is otherwise qualified for a benefit requiring natural-born citizenship. No substantial foreign-parentage proof or other disqualification exists. An office demands a naturalization decree solely because the parents are unknown. Which is best?
- Every foundling must be naturalized regardless of 5.
- Unknown parentage conclusively establishes foreign citizenship.
- A private employer may confer natural-born status instead.
- Only adoption grants the stated presumption.
- Apply the statutory natural-born presumption rather than demand a constitutive naturalization decree on that sole ground.
Legal references
- RA11767 Sections3-5 and9-11, foundling status and registration: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11767_2022.html
- 1987 Constitution ArticleIV and applicable office-specific qualifications: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
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