Practice question
A child is validly legitimated. A relative says its effects begin only on the ceremony date and can never reach birth. Which is correct?
- Article180 expressly makes the effects retroact to birth
- The relative may privately choose the date
- Only acknowledgment date matters in every case
- Legitimation has no effects
- The date depends only on the child’s signature
Legal references
- Family Code EO209: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html Articles164 and179–182.
- RA9858 amended177–178: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/17263
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