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Republic of the Philippines vs. Cagandahan

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus JENNIFER B. CAGANDAHAN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 166676 | 2008-09-12

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 


QUISUMBING, J.: 

This is a petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court raising purely questions of law and seeking a reversal of the Decision[1] dated January 12, 2005 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 33 of Siniloan, Laguna, which granted the Petition for Correction of Entries in Birth Certificate filed by Jennifer B. Cagandahan and ordered the following changes of entries in Cagandahan's birth certificate: (1) the name "Jennifer Cagandahan" changed to "Jeff Cagandahan" and (2) gender from "female" to "male." 

The facts are as follows. 

On December 11, 2003, respondent...