REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)

Province of La Union) S.S.

City of San Fernando)
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JOINT AFFIDAVIT OF LEGITIMATION

We, NOEL GLENN M. ABUBO and ROWENA M. LOPEZ-ABUBO, both Filipinos,
of legal age, married and presently residing at Baraoas Sur, Naguilian, La Union, Philippines,
having been duly sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and state:
1. That we have been legally married to each other on August 12, 1999 at a wedding
ceremony solemnized by GAUDENCIO FERRER, Municipal Mayor then of Hermosa, Bataan.
A copy of our marriage certificate is attached hereto and made an integral part of this affidavit.
2. That prior to our marriage and outside of wedlock, a child, named RICHARD M.
LOPEZ, was conceived and born on May 18, 1993 at Hermosa, Bataan.
3. That at the time of the conception of said child, we were not disqualified by any
impediment to marry each other, and, therefore, by virtue of our subsequent marriage, the said
child is now legitimated by operation of law, particularly Article 177 of the Family Code.
4. That we execute this affidavit to declare the truth of the foregoing facts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this December 10, 2014 at
San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines.
NOEL GLENN M. ABUBO
AFFIANT

ROWENA M. LOPEZ-ABUBO
AFFIANT

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, this December 10, 2014, by NOEL GLENN
M. ABUBO who exhibited his ___________________ and by ROWENA M. LOPEZ-ABUBO
who exhibited her ___________________, both of whom are personally known to me and whom I
have identified through competent evidence of identity.

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