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Hubert Tan Co and Arlene Tan Co vs. The Civil Register Of Manila, et al.

HUBERT TAN CO and ARLENE TAN CO, petitioners, vs. THE CIVIL REGISTER OF MANILA and any person having or claiming an interest under the entry whose cancellation or correction is sought, respondent.

G.R. No. 138496 | 2004-02-23

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

Before the Court is the petition for review on certiorari filed by Hubert Tan Co and Arlene Tan Co seeking to reverse and set aside the Order[1] dated September 23, 1998 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 26, dismissing their petition for correction of entries in the Civil Register. Likewise sought to be reversed and set aside is the Order dated April 27, 1999 of the court a quo denying the petitioners\' motion for reconsideration of the said order.

The factual antecedents are as follows:

Hubert Tan Co was born on March 23, 1974. His sister, Arlene Tan Co, was born on May 19, 1975. In their...