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Paulina Santos vs. Gregoria Aranzanso 16 SCRA 344

PAULINA SANTOS and AURORA SANTOS, petitioners, vs. GREGORIA ARANZANSO and DEMETRIA VENTURA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-23828 | 1966-02-28

D E C I S I O N

BENGZON, J.:

A petition for adoption of Paulina Santos and Aurora Santos was filed by Simplicio Santos and Juliana Reyes in the Court of First Instance of Manila on June 4, 1949. 1 Paulina Santos was then 17 years old and Aurora Santos, 8 years old. The petition, which was under oath, alleged inter alia, that the whereabouts of the minors' nearest of kin, particularly their parents, were unknown; that since the outbreak of the war said minors have been abandoned by their respective parents; and that for years, since their infancy, said children have continuously been in petitioners' care and custody.
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