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In Re: Application for Admission to the Philippine Bar of Vicente Ching

RE: APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE PHILIPPINE BAR, VICENTE D. CHING, applicant.

B.M. No. 914 | 1999-10-01

BAR MATTER No. 914

EN BANC

R E S O L U T I O N

 
KAPUNAN, J.:

Can a legitimate child born under the 1935 Constitution of a Filipino mother and an alien father validly elect Philippine citizenship fourteen (14) years after he has reached the age of majority? This is the question sought to be resolved in the present case involving the application for admission to the Philippine Bar of Vicente D. Ching.

The facts of this case are as follows:

Vicente D. Ching, the legitimate son of the spouses Tat Ching, a Chinese citizen, and Prescila A. Dulay, a Filipino, was born in Francia West, Tubao, La Union on 11 April 1964. Since his birth, Ching has...