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Practice question: Action to Impugn Legitimacy

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Under Article 170, what is the ordinary period for a husband residing in the city or municipality where the birth occurred or was recorded to impugn legitimacy?
  1. Ten years in every case
  2. One year from knowledge of the birth or its recording, subject to the statutory concealed-birth rule
  3. One day from marriage
  4. An unlimited period
  5. Five years from the child’s majority

Legal references

  • https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/5/95173 — Family Code, Articles 166–171
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/oct2022/gr_222259_2022.html — Yap v. Yap, G.R. No. 222259, October 17, 2022, main opinion

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