Practice question
A petition seeks adoption plus a contingent surname change. Adoption is denied, but the petitioner demands the ancillary change automatically on the same jurisdictional basis. What does Vina teach?
- The contingent name request does not automatically survive denial of the adoption
- Every rejected adoption must grant the name change
- Adoption jurisdiction is unlimited name-change jurisdiction
- No procedure can ever permit a later change
- The child’s father privately decides every judicial requirement
Legal references
- Family Code EO209: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html Articles174,176,194 and201–202.
- Vina v Ty GR273935 August18,2025 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/aug2025/gr_273935_2025.html MAIN failed adoption and contingent surname application.
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