Practice question
After a first-name petition is denied by the civil registrar, the applicant insists that judicial consideration can never follow because RA 9048 removed every court remedy. Which is correct?
- Every court remedy is permanently barred.
- A judicial change becomes automatic after denial.
- Only the police may reverse the denial.
- The applicant may bypass all proof because denial has occurred.
- RA 9048 allows specified administrative or appropriate judicial recourse; denial does not itself guarantee the requested change.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_72-109_proceedings.html — Rule 103 sections 1–6: verified petition, residence, publication, hearing and judgment.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2010/dec2010/gr_186027_2010.html — Republic v. Mercadera, G.R. 186027, December 8, 2010, main opinion: administrative primacy for first-name changes.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2001/ra_9048_2001.html — sections 1, 4 and 7: first-name changes and recourse after administrative denial.
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