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In Re: Pabellar vs. Republic of the Phil.

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME. MARIO PABELLAR, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-27298 | 1976-03-04

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

The Republic of the Philippines appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Quezon Province dated December 1, 1966, granting the petition of Mario Pabellar for the change of his surname to Carandang and ordering the civil registrar of Lucena City to make the corresponding change "in his record of birth or in his civil registry by way of marginal notes" (Special Proceeding No. 4095). The facts of the case are as follows:

Petitioner Mario Pabellar was born on November 11, 1937 at Lucena, Tayabas. Presumably, no record of his birth in the civil register is available for none was
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