Practice question
A judicial surname-change petition properly falls under Rule103. Its last publication was only two months before the proposed hearing. No election is near. Under Section3, is that hearing date proper?
- No; the hearing must not fall within four months after the last publication
- Yes; two months is the prescribed interval
- Yes; the election restriction is the only timing rule
- Yes; newspaper consent controls
- Yes; an unopposed petition has no waiting period
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rules103 Sections3–6 and108 Sections5–7: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_72-109_proceedings.html
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