Practice question
Adult children file a correction petition to downgrade their own legitimated status, asserting only that they prefer nonmarital status. They show no economic or material prejudice to their rights, and their present status gives them the rights of legitimate children. What principle from Boquiren is relevant?
- Preference alone always establishes prejudice
- Every legitimated child must be reclassified on request
- Article 182 requires prejudice in rights; Boquiren rejected treating improved status and mere desire to downgrade it as sufficient prejudice
- The registrar may choose a status without law
- All status changes are purely typographical
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/5/95173 — Family Code, Articles 174 and 178–182
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2009/ra_9858_2009.html — RA 9858, amended Articles 177–178
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/feb2023/gr_250199_2023.html — Republic v. Boquiren, G.R. No. 250199, February 13, 2023
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