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In Re: Local Civil Registrar Of Mla. Joaquin P. Roces Vs. The Local Civil Registrar Of Mla.

In the petition to rectify the Certificate of Birth entered under Registry No. 845 (e45) of the LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MANILA. JOAQUIN P. ROCES, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MANILA, respondent-appellee. RICARDO JOAQUIN V. ROCES, represented by the natural guardian and mother Carmen O. Valdellon, intervenor-appellee.

G.R. No. L-10598 | 1958-02-14

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, J.:

On January 7, 1956, appellant Joaquin P. Roces filed, with the Court of First Instance of Manila, a petition alleging that he is married to Pacita Carvajal; that on November 4, 1955, he came to know of the existence of a birth certificate registered with the Local Civil Registrar of Manila, certified true copy of which is attached to said complaint, mentioning him as the father of one Ricardo Joaquin V. Roces, an illegitimate child; that said birth certificate shows, on its face, that it had been executed with neither the knowledge nor the consent of the petitioner; and that said information with regard...