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Chau Wee, et al. Vs. Rp.

CHUA WEE and PACITA TOPENIO, petitioners-appellants, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellee.

G.R. No. L-27731 | 1971-04-21

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J:

On October 5, 1966, Chua Wee and Pacita Topenio filed a petition with the Manila Court of First Instance for the correction of the birth records in the office of the local civil registrar of their four children by changing their nationality from Chinese to Filipino, and their civil status from legitimate to illegitimate.

They alleged in their petition that Chua Wee is a Chinese citizen, while Pacita Topenio is a Filipino citizen, both of legal age, single and residing at 1400 F. Doroteo St., Sta. Cruz, Manila; that they have been living as husband and wife without the benefit of marriage; that out of their...