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Platon and Librada Ceruila vs. Rosilyn Delantar, et al.

PLATON AND LIBRADA CERUILA, Petitioners, versus ROSILYN DELANTAR, represented by her guardian, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE and DEVELOPMENT, Respondent.

G.R. No. 140305 | 2005-12-09

D E C I S I O N 


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.: 

Petitioners-spouses Platon Ceruila and Librada D. Ceruila (Ceruilas) filed an action with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila, docketed as Spec. Proc. No. 97-818932, for the annulment and cancellation of the birth certificate of Maria Rosilyn Telin Delantar (Rosilyn), the child-victim in the rape case involving Romeo Jaloslos.[1] The RTC granted the Ceruilas' petition in its decision dated April 11, 1997[2] which was nullified, however, by the Court of Appeals (CA) on June 10, 1999.[3] The CA denied petitioners' motion for reconsideration.[4] Hence the present petition. 

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