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Republic vs. Miller

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. CLAUDE A. MILLER and JUMRUS S. MILLER, respondents.

G.R. No. 125932 | 1999-04-21

D E C I S I O N 

PARDO, J.: 

The Republic of the Philippines, through the Solicitor General, appealed originally to the Court of Appeals from a decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 59, Angeles City, granting the petition of respondent spouses to adopt the minor Michael Magno Madayag. 

In its decision promulgated on April 17, 1996, the Court of Appeals certified the case to the Supreme Court because the petition raised only questions of law. 

By resolution adopted on September 23, 1996, we accepted the appeal. We shall treat the appeal as one via certiorari from a decision of the regional trial court under the...