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In Re: Rosalina E. Cruz vs. Republic Of The Phil.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR ROSSANA E. CRUZ. ROSALINA E. CRUZ, petitioner-appellee, vs. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, oppositor-appellant.

G.R. No. L-20927 | 1966-07-26

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

Appeal from the decree of the Court of First Instance of Zamboanga City, in its Special Case No. 609, granting a petition

Petitioner-appellee Rosalina E. Cruz filed with the court a quo a petition to adopt a minor. Satisfied as to the sufficiency of the petition, and it appearing that the child's parents, Lucilo Bucoy and Ana E. Bucoy, had given their written consent to the adoption, the court, in an order on 11 January 1962, set the petition for hearing and directed the publication of the order once a week for three consecutive weeks in the "Zamboanga Times" 

The court a quo found the...