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Subject: Practical Exercises

Topic: Petition for Correction of Entries in the Civil Registry

You are a lawyer specializing in family law. Your client, John, approached you for assistance in correcting his birth certificate. He discovered that there was an error in his date of birth recorded in the civil registry. John's actual date of birth is March 15, 1985, but it was mistakenly recorded as March 5, 1985. This error has caused problems for him, particularly with official documents and transactions.

Your task is to draft a petition for correction of entries in the civil registry on behalf of John. In your petition, provide detailed explanations on the following:

1. The correct entry that needs to be made in John's birth certificate;
2. The specific provision of the Family Code of the Philippines that supports John's petition for correction of entries;
3. The procedure to be followed in filing the petition with the appropriate civil registry office;
4. The documentary requirements that need to accompany the petition;
5. The possible oppositions or objections that may be raised by the civil registry office or other interested parties; and
6. The potential outcomes or rulings that the court may issue in response to the petition.

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