Practice question
An unemancipated child living with persons exercising parental authority causes damage through an actionable act. Which current provision directly addresses those persons' civil liability, subject to appropriate defenses?
- Family Code Article 221
- A universal rule making only fathers answerable and mothers always immune
- Only the law of sales
- Only a private family agreement
- A rule that parents can never bear civil responsibility
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles 2176 and 2180: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Family Code Articles 218–221: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/5/95173
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