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Republic of the Phil. Vs. Pedro JL. Bautista, etal.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE PEDRO JL. BAUTISTA and IMELDA MANGABAT SORENSEN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-35316 | 1987-10-26

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari to annul the judgment of the then Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch III, Pasay City in Special Proceedings No. 2191-P, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, the Court hereby grants the herein petition, and the Local Civil Registrar of Pasay City ordered, upon payment of the prescribed fees, to change the word 'American' into 'Danish', the nationality of Bo Huage Sorensen appearing in the birth certificate of his second son, Raymund Mangabat Sorensen [Exh. E-1], for all purposes and effects." 1

In her verified petition filed before the lower...