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Rep. Of the Phil. Vs. Court of Camarines Sur, etal.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (The Local Civil Registrar of Naga City), petitioner, vs. COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF CAMARINES SUR and REYNALDO C. NEOLA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-36773 | 1988-05-31

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

In a petition filed on May 15, 1971, with the respondent Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur, 1 the private respondent Reynaldo C. Neola sought the correction of the entries appearing in the original certificate of birth of Reynaldo Balance Neola, Jr., in the records of the Local Civil Registrar of Naga City. Specifically, the private respondent, a policeman, prayed for the striking out from the records of the following (a) all information referring to him as the father of Reynaldo Balance Neola, Jr., (b) the surname "Neola Jr.," and (c) the child is legitimate and his parents are married. 2 On May...