Practice question
A child is validly legitimated, but the birth record was not annotated. A relative argues the child has no rights until a registrar writes the annotation. Which is correct under Tangarorang?
- The registrar creates every substantive right
- No annotation means no child
- The relative may choose the status
- The administrative omission does not itself defeat the status conferred by substantive law
- The child must be adopted instead
Legal references
- Republic v. Tangarorang, G.R. No.272006, February 5, 2025, MAIN decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/69852
- Family Code, Articles54,174,177-182: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html
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