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Practice question: Recovery of Legal Custody and Restoration of Parental Authority

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A parent files within the Section11 window but supplies no sufficient showing of ability adequately to provide for the child’s needs. The parent treats timely filing as automatic restoration. Which is correct?
  1. Timeliness does not replace the required substantive showing to NACC
  2. Any timely petition necessarily wins
  3. Needs are legally irrelevant
  4. The finder must privately decide every restoration
  5. A filing receipt itself restores authority

Legal references

  • RA11767 Foundling Recognition and Protection Act: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11767_2022.html Section12.
  • RA11642 Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11642_2022.html Section11.

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