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Briones vs Miguel

JOEY D. BRIONES, Petitioner, versus MARICEL P. MIGUEL, FRANCISCA P. MIGUEL and LORETA P. MIGUEL,Respondents.

G.R. No. 156343 | 2004-10-18

DECISION 

PANGANIBAN, J.: 

An illegitimate child is under the sole parental authority of the mother. In the exercise of that authority, she is entitled to keep the child in her company. The Court will not deprive her of custody, absent any imperative cause showing her unfitness to exercise such authority and care. 

The Case 

The Petition for Review[1] before the Court seeks to reverse and set aside the August 28, 2002 Decision[2] and the December 11, 2002 Resolution[3] of the Court of Appeals in CA-GR SP No. 69400.[4] The dispositive portion of the assailed Decision reads as follows: 

"WHEREFORE, the petition is hereby...