Practice question
A concealed birth is first discovered by the entitled challenger in March; the fact of registration is learned in September. Under170’s concealed-birth clause, which discovery governs?
- March, the earlier knowledge of birth
- September automatically because registration is always later
- Only the next year
- Whichever date the challenger privately prefers
- No date ever starts the period
Legal references
- Family Code EO209: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html Articles164,166 and170–171.
- Yap v Yap GR222259 October17,2022 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/oct2022/gr_222259_2022.html MAIN qualified true-filiation inquiry and need to overcome presumption.
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