Practice question
Both parents execute a private agreement giving an aunt permanent parental authority in return for paying school expenses. No adoption, guardianship appointment or other statutory transfer occurs. They later claim that the aunt’s payment conclusively made her the legal parent and extinguished all their responsibilities. Is that position sustainable?
- Yes, whenever school fees are paid
- Yes, if the agreement uses the word permanent
- No; private payment and agreement alone do not establish a legally authorized transfer of parental authority
- Yes, because authority is a movable asset
- Yes, without any inquiry into the child’s legal status
Legal references
- Family Code, Articles 209-210: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html
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