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Cabangbang
G.R.No. L-23253 ll Mar. 28, 1969 ll Castro, J.
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Persons and Family Relations
KEYWORDS:
Hostess, Betty the adopted child
DOCTRINE:
Abandonment terminates parentalauthority
NATURE OF PETITION
:Appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of
Rizal
dismissing Pacita Chuas
petition for habeas corpus for the custody of her daughter
Betty from respondents.
FACTS:
Petitioner now wants to get custody of BettyShe contends that Villareal took thechild away and gave
her to the coupleThe couple avers that they found thebaby, wrapped in a
bundle, at the gateof their residence
ISSUE:
WON the custody of the child can begranted back to the
mother
HELD:
NO
, petitioner abandoned the child, thusshe has lost her
parental authority over thechild
RATIO:
Chua v. Cabangbang
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ground which the court overlooked