Cancellation or Correction of Civil Registry Entries (Rule 108)

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1. Where does Rule 108 section 1 place the verified petition for cancellation or correction of a civil-registry entry?
2. Who must be made parties under Rule 108 section 3?
3. What publication does Rule 108 section 4 require for the hearing order?
4. A petition seeks a substantial civil-registry correction that is legally within Rule 108’s scope. Counsel asks to obtai…
5. A misspelling is admittedly harmless, obvious from existing records and covered by RA 9048. The applicant assumes every…
6. A woman proves in a fully adversarial Rule 108 case that her identity and signature were forged in a marriage record, t…
7. Children’s records show legitimation by their parents’ actual subsequent marriage. They seek cancellation solely throug…
8. Explain the parties, notice, publication and hearing safeguards for substantial corrections properly sought under Rule …
9. Distinguish correction of a forged marriage record under Olaybar from an effort to invalidate an actual marriage throug…
10. Why does compliance with publication and notice not automatically permit every requested alteration of legitimacy or le…
11. Under Rule108 Section5, what period is stated for filing an opposition from notice or the last publication of notice?
12. May a Rule108 court issue orders to expedite the proceeding under Section6?