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Nieto vs. Magat 136 SCRA 533

SPOUSES ERNESTO S. NIETO and MATILDE NILO NIETO, petitioners, vs. HON. ROMEO D. MAGAT JUDGE DESIGNATE OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF PANGASINAN, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, BRANCH XIII, respondents.

G.R. No. L-62465 | 1985-05-24

D E C I S I O N

ABAD SANTOS, J.:

This is a petition to review the decision of the defunct Court of First Instance of Pangasinan in Special Proceedings No. A-540 for adoption of a minor child.

The spouses Ernesto S. Nieto and Matilde Nilo Nieto filed a petition to adopt Roy Nieto Sumintac, their nephew. The spouses are childless and they reared Roy from his birth in 1971 until 1975 and they continue to support him. Roy had to be left in the Philippines when the spouses went to Guam where the husband is employed.

The Ministry of Social Services and Development favorably recommended the adoption to the court. It said that the petitioners are in...