Practice question
A child with eight months of intra-uterine life is alive when completely delivered, but dies ten hours later. For the stated civil-personality issue, does Article 41’s special less-than-seven-month rule prevent the child from being considered born?
- Yes, every child must survive a week
- Yes, every child must survive twenty-four hours regardless of gestational period
- No, that special rule concerns intra-uterine life of less than seven months; the child here was alive at complete delivery
- No, because death can never end personality
- Yes, birth registration is the only relevant fact
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, Articles 37–42 and 1025
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