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In re: Secan Kok vs. Republic of the Phil.

IN THE MATTER OF THE CHANGE OF NAMES OF SECAN KOK and MARILYN SE, SECAN KOK, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-27621 | 1973-08-30

D E C I S I O N

MAKASIAR, J:
Appeal by the Republic of the Philippines from the order of the Court of First Instance of Cotabato dated September 3, 1966 reinstating the order dated March 30, 1966 granting the motion for supplemental judgment of petitioner-appellee and authorizing appellee's legal wife Lucia O. Tee and their minor children namely, Perfecto, Romeo, Betty, Tomas, Daniel and Antonio, Jr., to bear his newly granted surname Cuakok.

On May 18, 1964, appellee Secan Kok filed a petition to change his name and that of his daughter Marilyn Se respectively to Antonio Cuakok and Gloria Cuakok, although his petition mentions his other...