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Lahom vs. Sibulo

ISABELITA S. LAHOM, Petitioner, vs. JOSE MELVIN SIBULO (previously referred to as "DR. MELVIN S. LAHOM", Respondent.

G.R. No. 143989 | 2003-07-14

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

VITUG, J.: 

The bliss of marriage and family would be to most less than complete without children. The realization could have likely prodded the spouses Dr. Diosdado Lahom and Isabelita Lahom to take into their care Isabelita's nephew Jose Melvin Sibulo and to bring him up as their own. At the tender age of two, Jose Melvin enjoyed the warmth, love and support of the couple who treated the child like their own. Indeed, for years, Dr. and Mrs. Lahom fancied on legally adopting Jose Melvin. Finally, in 1971, the couple decided to file a petition for adoption. On 05 May 1972, an order granting the...