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Josefina Juan De Dios Ramirez Marcaida vs. Leoncio V. Aglubat

JOSEFINA JUAN DE DIOS RAMIREZ MARCAIDA, petitioner-appellant, vs. LEONCIO V. AGLUBAT, in his capacity as Deputy Local Civil Registrar of Manila, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-24006 | 1967-11-25

D E C I S I O N 


SANCHEZ, J.: 

Refusal of the Local Civil Registrar of Manila to record an Escritura de Adopcion executed in Madrid, Spain, is now challenged before this Court on appeal by registrant-adoptee from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila confirmatory of such refusal. 

The disputed deed of adoption had its inception, thus: Prior to October 21, 1958, proceedings for adoption were started before the Court of First Instance of Madrid, Spain, by Maria Garnier Garreau, then 84 years of age, adopting Josefina Juana de Dios Ramirez Marcaida, 55 years, a citizen of the Philippines. Both were residents of...