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indemnifying the plaintiff for the .2 Rule 42, §1: Appeal (a total of
loss, or consenting to a new 30 days; There is an initial
partition.
period of 15 days. Under Rule
Indemnity may be made by 42 §1, a motion for extension
payment in cash or by the delivery
may grant up to 15 days of
of a thing of the same kind and
quality as that awarded to the extension.)
plaintiff. .3 Rule 38: Relief from
If a new partition is made, it shall Judgments, Orders or Other
affect neither those who have not Proceedings (within 60 days
been prejudiced nor those have not
after the petitioner learns of the
received more than their just
share. (1077a) judgment, final order or other
proceeding to be set aside, and
Art. 1102. An heir who has
alienated the whole or a
not more than 6 months after
considerable part of the real such judgment or final order
property adjudicated to him cannot was entered, or such
maintain an action for rescission proceeding was taken)
on the ground of lesion, but he
shall have a right to be .4 Rule 65: Certiorari (60 days)
indemnified in cash. (1078a)
.5 Rule 47: Annulment of
Art. 1103. The omission of one or Judgments or Final Orders and
more objects or securities of the
Resolutions
inheritance shall not cause the
rescission of the partition on the .a Extrinsic fraud: within 4
ground of lesion, but the partition years from its discovery
shall be completed by the
distribution of the objects or .b Lack of jurisdiction: before
securities which have been it is barred by laches or
omitted. (1079a)
estoppel
Art. 1104. A partition made with
preterition of any of the Requisites for a valid extra-judicial
compulsory heirs shall not be partition
rescinded, unless it be proved that
there was bad faith or fraud on the .1 decedent left no will and no
part of the other persons debts
interested; but the latter shall be
proportionately obliged to pay to
.2 the heirs are all of age, or
the person omitted the share represented by their authorized
which belongs to him. (1080) judicial or legal representatives
Art. 1105. A partition which .3 Public instrument
includes a person believed to be an
heir, but who is not, shall be void .4 Publication
only with respect to such person.
(1081a) .5 Bond, in case personal property
is to be distributed, conditioned
Modes of Attacking a Judicial for the payment of any just
Settlement claim of an heir or any other
.1 Rule 37: Motion for New Trial person unduly deprived of his
or Reconsideration (15 days) lawful participation in the
estate. (Rule 74, §3)
Sampilo v. CA, 103 Phil. 70 (1958) decedent’s death.” The heirs may
The 2 year period for unduly waive the benefits given them.
excluded persons to question an
Sec. 2. Custodian of will to
extrajudicial settlement of an
deliver. The person who has
estate applies only to those who
custody of a will shall, within
participated in the settlement.
twenty (20) days after he knows
de Leon: Note that in Carreon, the of the death of the testator,
court ruled that the buyer of the deliver the will to the court
property was in good faith. In having jurisdiction, or to the
Sampilo, there was a finding that executor named in the will.
the buyer was aware that there
Sec. 3. Executor to present
had been excluded heirs. I think
will and accept or refuse trust.
the Sampilo ruling is the prevailing
A person named as executor in
doctrine because Rule 74 Sec. 1
a will shall, within twenty (20)
states that
days after he knows of the
Sec. 1. xxx no extrajudicial death of the testator, or within
settlement shall be binding upon
any person who has not
twenty (20) days after knows
participated therein or had no that he is named executor if he
notice thereof. obtained such knowledge after
the death of the testator,
2. Production of Will. present such will to the court
Allowance of Will having jurisdiction, unless the
Necessary will has reached the court in
any other manner, and shall,
a. Rule 75 within such period, signify to
Sec. 1. Allowances necessary. the court in writing his
Conclusive as to execution. No acceptance of the trust or his
will shall pass either real or refusal to accept it.
personal estate unless it is
Sec. 4. Custodian and
proved and allowed in the
executor subject to fine for
proper court. Subject to the
neglect. A person who neglects
right of appeal, such allowance
any of the duties required in
of the will shall be conclusive
the two last preceding sections
as to its due execution.
without excuse satisfactory to
Probate of a will is mandatory. An the court shall be fined not
extrajudicial partition or exceeding two thousand pesos.
settlement is legally possible only
Sec. 5. Person retaining will
if there was no will.
may be committed. A person
However, a project of partition having custody of a will after
which does not follow the will is the death of the testator who
admissible, based on the principles neglects without reasonable
that “future inheritance cannot be cause to deliver the same, when
waived” and “inheritance passes at ordered so to do, to the court
having jurisdiction, may be
Special rules when the testator make a will, at the time of its
applies for probate himself execution;
.1 notice sent only to his If it was executed under
compulsory heirs (Rule 76 Sec. duress, or the influence of fear,
4) or threats;
.2 no witnesses required even if If it was procured by undue
the will is contested (Rule 76 and improper pressure and
Sec. 12) influence, on the part of the
.3 probate may not be denied on beneficiary, or of some other
the ground of preterition person for his benefit;
[Palacios v. Catimbang Palacios, If the signature of the
106 Phil. 739 (1959)] testator was procured by fraud
or trick, and he did not intend
d. Who may oppose
that the instrument should be
petition (Rule 76 his will at the time of fixing his
Sec. 10) signature thereto.
Sec. 10. Contestant to file 4. Jurisdictional
grounds of contest. Anyone
Requirements for
appearing to contest the will
must state in writing his Probate of Will
grounds for opposing its a. Rule 76 Sec. 3
allowance, and serve a copy
thereof on the petitioner and Sec. 3. Court to appoint time
other parties interested in the for proving will. Notice thereof
estate. to be published. When a will is
delivered to, or a petition for
Whether testsate or intestate, the the allowance of a will is filed
only persons who may oppose the in, the court having
petition are those who may inherit jurisdiction, such court shall fix
by intestacy. a time and place for proving
e. Grounds for the will when all concerned
may appear to contest the
opposition (Rule
allowance thereof, and shall
76, §9) cause notice of such time and
Sec. 9. Grounds for place to be published three (3)
disallowing will. The will shall weeks successively, previous to
be disallowed in any of the the time appointed, in a
following cases; newspaper of general
circulation in the province.
If not executed and attested
as required by law; But no newspaper
publication shall be made
If the testator was insane, or
where the petition for probate
otherwise mentally incapable to
has been filed by the testator
himself.
need not be at the probate the parties shunted aside the issue
hearing, but may be through of whether or not the will should
depositions. Vda. de Ramos ruled be allowed probate. Furthermore,
that in case any or all of them if the issue is whether there was
testified against the proponent, the preterition or a defective
proponent may resort to other disinheritance, the court must first
evidence to prove the due rule on the extrinsic validity of the
execution of the will. will.
Gago v. Mamuyac, 49 Phil. 902 If there was intentional preterition
(1927) The proponent has the of a compulsory heir in the direct
burden to prove the existence of line, Justice Herrera says this is an
the will if he seeks to have a act of disinheritance.
carbon copy of a holographic will If there is a preterition, the
was admitted to probate. legitimes would be given and the
Gan v. Yap, 104 Phil. 509 (1958) legacies would remain. If there
Contents of a holographic will may was an invalid disinheritance, the
not be proved by parole evidence. “disinherited” heir would get the
extent of the portion of his
Rodelas v. Aranza, 119 SCRA 16
supposed inheritance.
(1982) Contents of a holographic
will may be proved by a copy. Acain v. IAC, 155 SCRA 100
(1987): Standing to intervene in a
In Rodelas, there was a copy of the
will is dependent on interest in the
holographic will. In Gan, there was
estate. A legatee in a void will has
no such copy. In fact, a footnote in
no standing to intervene in the
Gan acknowledged that the lost
intestate proceedings if he is not
holographic will may be proved
an intestate heir. Where a
had there been a copy.
compulsory heir was not at all
b. Scope of Inquiry mentioned in, the will will be
on Proceeding to denied probate.
Probate a Will The institution of heir is annulled
(Rule 76) only if a compulsory heir in the
direct line is not mentioned in the
Maninang v. CA, 114 SCRA 470
will at all. Hence, if only the widow
(1982) Where a compulsory heir in
was preterited, then the nephew
the direct line was alleged to have
would have standing.
been preterited, but the proponent
insists on a ruling on the extrinsic If the petition is for letters of
validity of a will, the court can not administration, the petitioner need
rule on the issue of preterition. In not be an heir. Even a creditor may
this case, the general rule that in a file such petition.
probate of a will, the court is
8. Binding Force of
limited to the extrinsic validity of
the will, applies. The exception Trial Court Order
applies only if practical Allowing or
considerations so demanded, e.g. Disallowing a Will
thus allowed, the court shall procedural error which does not
grant letters testamentary, or affect the jurisdiction of the court.
letters of administration with It is publication which confers
the will annexed, and such probate jurisdiction, failure of
letters testamentary or of which is fatal to the probate.
administration, shall extend to Leon & Ghezzie v. Manufacturers
all the estate of the testator in Life Ins. Co., 90 Phil. 459 (1951)
the Philippines. Such estate, Administration extends only to the
after the payment of just debts assets of a decedent found within
and expenses of administration, the state or country where it was
shall be disposed of according granted, so that an administrator
to such will, so far as such will appointed in one state or country
may operate upon it; and the has no power over property in
residue, if any, shall be another state or country.
disposed of as is provided by
law in cases of estates in the Bautista: What is the difference
Philippines belonging to between a domiciliary and
persons who are inhabitants of anciliary administrator?
another state or country. 10. Letters
b. Cases Testamentary and of
Suntay v. Suntay, 95 Phil. 500 Administration,
(1954) For a will probated abroad when and to whom
be allowed probate here, must Issued
prove
a. Rule 78
.1 the foreign court was a probate
court Sec. 1. Who are incompetent
to serve as executors or
.2 the probate procedure in the administrators. No person is
foreign jurisdiction competent to serve as executor
.3 legal requirements for the or administrator who:
execution of a will had been (a) Is a minor;
complied.
(b) Is not a resident of the
Since there was no proof of the Philippines; and
foreign law in this case, it was
presumed to be the same as in RP. (c) Is in the opinion of the
Since the will failed to comply with court unfit to execute the
the Philippine requirements for duties of the trust by reason of
probate of a will (notice to all drunkenness, improvidence, or
interested parties), the SC want of understanding or
disallowed the will previously integrity, or by reason of
probated abroad. conviction of an offense
involving moral turpitude.
de Leon: But it has been ruled that
failure to notify is merely a Disqualifications of an
executor/administrator
of the regular administrator, but is can also sell “other property as the
merely a guideline in the court orders sold.”
appointment of a special Liwanag v. Reyes, 12 SCRA 43
administrator. Although the court (1964) A special administrator may
has the discretion to appoint the be made a defendant just like a
special administrator, such regular administrator.
discretion should be exercised
within reasonable limits. d. Removal of
de Leon: But in Torres v. Sicat, 93 Special
Phil. 155 (1953), the SC ruled that Administrator
the order of preference for
appointing regular administrator is
1) Rule 80 Sec. 3
not mandatory. Sec. 3. When powers of
special administrator cease.
c. Powers and Transfer of effects. Pending
Liabilities of suits. When letters
Special testamentary or of
Administrator administration are granted on
the estate of the deceased, the
1) Rule 80 Sec. 2 powers of the special
Sec. 2. Powers and duties of administrator shall cease, and
special administrator. Such he shall forthwith deliver to the
special administrator shall take executor or administrator the
possession and charge of goods, chattels, money, and
goods, chattels, rights, credits, estate of the deceased in his
and estate of the deceased and hands. The executor or
preserve the same for the administrator may prosecute to
executor or administrator final judgment suits
afterwards appointed, and for commenced by such special
that purpose may commence administrator.
and maintain suits as
2) Cases
administrator. He may sell only
such perishable and other Alcasid v. Samson, 102 Phil. 735
property as the court orders (1957) Pending the appeal of an
sold. A special administrator order for removal of a special
shall not be liable to pay any administrator and appointment of
debts of the deceased unless so a regular administrator, another
ordered by the court. special administrator should be
appointed.
2) Cases
Junquera v. Borromeo, 99 Phil. 276
Anderson v. Perkins, 1 SCRA 387 (1956) Failure to file an inventory
(1961) The power of the special of the estate within a reasonable
administrator to sell is not limited period is a ground for removal of a
to perishable properties only. He special administrator.
the probate court subsists until the address of his legal representative
contingency has been finally or representatives. Failure of
counsel to comply with this duty
decided or determined. Dismissal shall be a ground for disciplinary
of the contingent claim prior to action.
such final determination is
The heirs of the deceased may be
premature. allowed to be substituted for the
Vda. de Jacob v. CA, 184 SCRA 294 deceased, without requiring the
appointment of an executor or
(1990) Mortgagee does not lose its administrator and the court may
right to extrajudicially foreclose appoint a guardian ad litem for the
the mortgage even after the death minor heirs.
of the mortgagor. Filing a claim The court shall forthwith order
with the probate court is merely an said legal representative or
option, not a requirement, for the representatives to appear and be
mortgagee to recover his credit. substituted within a period of
thirty (30) days from notice.
19. Actions By and If no legal representative is named
Against Executors by the counsel for the deceased
party, or if the one so named shall
and Administrators fail to appear within the specified
a. Rule 87 period, the court may order the
opposing party, within a specified
Sec. 1. Actions which may time, to procure the appointment
and which may not be brought of an executor or administrator for
the estate of the deceased and the
against executor or latter shall immediately appear for
administrator. No action upon a and on behalf of the deceased. The
claim for the recovery of money court charges in procuring such
or debt or interest thereon appointment, if defrayed by the
shall be commenced against opposing party, may be recovered
as costs. (16a, 17a)
the executor or administrator;
but actions to recover real or Sec. 20. Action on contractual
money claims. — When the action
personal property, or an is for recovery of money arising
interest therein, from the from contract, express or implied,
estate, or to enforce a lien and the defendant dies before
thereon, and actions to recover entry of final judgment in the court
damages for an injury to person in which the action was pending at
the time of such death, it shall not
or property, real or personal, be dismissed but shall instead be
may be commenced against allowed to continue until entry of
him. final judgment. A favorable
judgment obtained by the plaintiff
cf Rule 3, Sec. 16 and 20, RoC therein shall be enforced in the
Sec. 16. Death of party; duty of manner especially provided in
counsel. — Whenever a party to a these Rules for prosecuting claims
pending action dies, and the claim against the estate of a deceased
is not thereby extinguished, it shall person. (21a)
be the duty of his counsel to If the claim against a deceased is
inform the court within thirty (30)
days after such death of the fact .1 a money claim (liquidated)
thereof, and to give the name and
(3) Claims for the unpaid price of (11) Credits for seeds and
movables sold, on said movables, expenses for cultivation and
so long as they are in the harvest advanced to the debtor,
possession of the debtor, up to the upon the fruits harvested;
value of the same; and if the
(12) Credits for rent for one year,
movable has been resold by the
upon the personal property of the
debtor and the price is still unpaid,
lessee existing on the immovable
the lien may be enforced on the
leased and on the fruits of the
price; this right is not lost by the
same, but not on money or
immobilization of the thing by
instruments of credit;
destination, provided it has not
lost its form, substance and (13) Claims in favor of the
identity; neither is the right lost by depositor if the depositary has
the sale of the thing together with wrongfully sold the thing
other property for a lump sum, deposited, upon the price of the
when the price thereof can be sale.
determined proportionally;
In the foregoing cases, if the
(4) Credits guaranteed with a movables to which the lien or
pledge so long as the things preference attaches have been
pledged are in the hands of the wrongfully taken, the creditor may
creditor, or those guaranteed by a demand them from any possessor,
chattel mortgage, upon the things within thirty days from the
pledged or mortgaged, up to the unlawful seizure. (1922a)
value thereof;
Art. 2242. With reference to
(5) Credits for the making, repair, specific immovable property and
safekeeping or preservation of real rights of the debtor, the
personal property, on the movable following claims, mortgages and
thus made, repaired, kept or liens shall be preferred, and shall
possessed; constitute an encumbrance on the
immovable or real right:
(6) Claims for laborers' wages, on
the goods manufactured or the (1) Taxes due upon the land or
work done; building;
(7) For expenses of salvage, upon (2) For the unpaid price of real
the goods salvaged; property sold, upon the immovable
sold;
(8) Credits between the landlord
and the tenant, arising from the (3) Claims of laborers, masons,
contract of tenancy on shares, on mechanics and other workmen, as
the share of each in the fruits or well as of architects, engineers
harvest; and contractors, engaged in the
construction, reconstruction or
(9) Credits for transportation,
repair of buildings, canals or other
upon the goods carried, for the
works, upon said buildings, canals
price of the contract and incidental
or other works;
expenses, until their delivery and
for thirty days thereafter; (4) Claims of furnishers of
materials used in the construction,
(10) Credits for lodging and
reconstruction, or repair of
supplies usually furnished to
buildings, canals or other works,
travellers by hotel keepers, on the
upon said buildings, canals or
movables belonging to the guest as
other works;
long as such movables are in the
hotel, but not for money loaned to
the guests;
must be shown that the Art. 225. The father and the
required notice has been given. mother shall jointly exercise legal
guardianship over the property of
Thereupon the court shall hear the unemancipated common child
the evidence of the parties in without the necessity of a court
support of their respective appointment. In case of
allegations, and, if the person disagreement, the father's decision
shall prevail, unless there is a
in question is a minor, or
judicial order to the contrary.
incompetent it shall appoint a
suitable guardian of his person Where the market value of the
property or the annual income of
or estate, or both, with the the child exceeds P50,000, the
powers and duties hereinafter parent concerned shall be required
specified. to furnish a bond in such amount
as the court may determine, but
Note that it is the incompetent not less than ten per centum (10%)
wards, if able, who is required to of the value of the property or
attend the guardianship hearings. annual income, to guarantee the
Minors wards are not required to performance of the obligations
prescribed for general guardians.
attend.
A verified petition for approval of
Sec. 6. When and how the bond shall be filed in the
guardian for nonresident proper court of the place where
appointed. Notice. When a the child resides, or, if the child
person liable to be put under resides in a foreign country, in the
proper court of the place where
guardianship resides without the property or any part thereof is
the Philippines but has estate situated.
therein, any relative or friend
The petition shall be docketed as a
of such person, or any one summary special proceeding in
interested in his estate, in which all incidents and issues
expectancy or otherwise, may regarding the performance of the
petition a court having obligations referred to in the
second paragraph of this Article
jurisdiction for the shall be heard and resolved.
appointment of a guardian for
the estate, and if, after notice The ordinary rules on guardianship
shall be merely suppletory except
given to such person and in when the child is under substitute
such manner as the court parental authority, or the guardian
deems proper, by publication or is a stranger, or a parent has
otherwise, and hearing, the remarried, in which case the
ordinary rules on guardianship
court is satisfied that such
shall apply. (320a)
nonresident is a minor or
incompetent rendering a Art. 220. The parents and those
exercising parental authority shall
guardian necessary or have with the respect to their
convenient, it may appoint a unemancipated children on wards
guardian for such estate. the following rights and duties:
proper care, custody, and with the court and deliver and
education of the ward; pay over all the estate, effects,
and moneys remaining in his
(c) To render a true and
hands, or due from him on such
just account of all the estate of
settlement, to the person
the ward in his hands, and of
lawfully entitled thereto;
all proceeds or interest derived
therefrom, and of the .4 to perform all orders of the
management and disposition of court by him to be performed.
the same, at the time Sec. 2. When new bond may
designated by these rules and be required and old sureties
such other times as the court discharged. Whenever it is
directs; and at the expiration of deemed necessary, the court
his trust to settle his accounts may require a new bond to be
with the court and deliver and given by the guardian, and may
pay over all the estate, effects, discharge the sureties on the
and moneys remaining in his old bond from further liability,
hands, or due from him on such after due notice to interested
settlement, to the person persons, when no injury can
lawfully entitled thereto; result therefrom to those
(d) To perform all orders of interested in the estate.
the court by him to be Sec. 3. Bonds to be filed.
performed. Actions thereon. Every bond
Conditions of the guardian’s bond given by a guardian shall be
filed in the office of the clerk of
.1 to make and return an
the court, and, in case of the
inventory to the court, within 3
breach of a condition thereof,
months
may be prosecuted in the same
.2 to faithfully execute the duties proceeding or in a separate
of his trust, to manage and action for the use and benefit
dispose of the estate for the of the ward or of any other
best interests of the ward, and person legally interested in the
to provide for the proper care, estate.
custody, and education of the
ward; The guardian’s bond may be held
liable in the same proceeding or in
.3 to render an account of all the a separate action.
estate of the ward in his hands,
and of all proceeds or interest 4. Selling and
derived therefrom, and of the Encumbering
management and disposition of Property of Ward
the same, at the time
designated by these rules and a. Rule 95
such other times as the court Sec. 1. Petition of guardian
directs, and at the expiration of for leave to sell or encumber
his trust to settle his accounts estate. When the income of an
effectively as if they had been arrest (Rule 114, Sec. 26). In this
imprisoned. sense, Velasco was modified.
In fact, it is the duty of a court or Alimpoos v. CA, 106 SCRA 159
judge to grant a writ of habeas (1981) Where the petitioner was
corpus if there is evidence that arrested by virtue of a warrant was
within the court's jurisdiction a irregularly issued, the remedy is
person is unjustly imprisoned or not habeas corpus, but to move to
restrained of his liberty, though no set aside the warrant of arrest or
application be made therefor. to petition for a reinvestigation.
The only respondent in a habeas
The mere fact that the officer to
corpus case is the person who has
whom the writ is addressed has
legal custody of the petitioner. The
illegally parted with the custody of
complaining witnesses in the
a person prior to the filing of the
criminal case are not proper
application for the writ, is no
respondents in a habeas corpus
reason why the writ should not
case, neither can they appeal.
issue. He was bound to use every
Lastly, there can be no damages
effort to get the person back. He
awarded in habeas corpus
must do much more than write
proceedings.
letters for the purpose. He must
advertise, and even if necessary H. Correction of
himself go after the person, and do clerical errors or
everything that mortal man could
change name
do in the matter. The court would
only accept clear proof of an 1. Extra-judicial (RA
absolute impossibility by way of 9048, approved 22
excuse.
March 2001)
An officer's failure to produce the
This act claims to amend Arts. 376
body of a person in obedience to a
and 412 NCC
writ of habeas corpus, without
legal excuse therefore, when he Art. 376. No person can change his
name or surname without judicial
has power to do so, constitutes
authority.
contempt.
Art. 412. No entry in a civil
Velasco v. CA, 245 SCRA 677 register shall be changed or
(1995) Though habeas corpus may corrected, without a judicial order.
be available when the arrest was (n)
illegal, supervening events may Section 1. Authority to
bar release, e.g. filing of a Correct Clerical or
complaint or information for the Typographical Error and
offense for which the accused is Change of First Name or
detained. Nickname. — No entry in a civil
de Leon: Note that under the 2000 register shall be changed or
Rules of Criminal Procedure, an corrected without a judicial
application for bail is not a waiver order; except for clerical or
of objections to the illegality of his typographical errors and
A petition for change of name interested party "to file the special
should be published. proceedings embodied in Rule
103." This is, substantially, what
Sec. 4. Hearing. Any
San Roque did.
interested person may appear
at the hearing and oppose the The petition was entitled "to
petition. The Solicitor General correct name in the birth
or the proper provincial or city certificate of Leoncia San Roque,"
fiscal shall appear on behalf of but the body of the petition
the Government of the affirmatively alleged that while her
Republic. name appearing on her birth
certificate on file was Lucia San
Sec. 5. Judgment. Upon
Roque, she "since her birth .., has
satisfactory proof in open court
been using and has always been
on the date fixed in the order
known as Leoncia San Roque and
that such order has been
not as Lucia San Roque, even in
published as directed and that
the performance of important civil
the allegations of the petition
actions like marriage". Essentially,
are true, the court shall, if
therefore, the petition admitted
proper and reasonable cause
that San Roque's real name was
appears for changing the name
Lucia San Roque which was her
of the petitioner, adjudge that
true name because it was the one
such name be changed in
appearing in the Civil Register, but
accordance with the prayer of that this notwithstanding, she had
the petition. been using continuously since
Sec. 6. Service of judgment. birth and had been known under
Judgments or orders rendered the name of Leoncia San Roque.
in connection with this rule These allegations were duly
shall be furnished the civil proven during the hearing.
registrar of the municipality or Notwithstanding the imperfection
city where the court issuing the of language employed, the petition
same is situated, who shall was, in essence, one to secure
forthwith enter the same in the judicial authority for San Roque to
civil register. change her name from Lucia to
Leoncia — a petition which falls
2) Cases reasonably within the provisions of
San Roque v. Republic, 23 SCRA Rule 103. That the petition was
444 (1968) entitled one "to correct name in
the birth certificate of Leoncia San
The real name of a person is that
Roque" and prayed that San
given him in the Civil Register, not
Roque's name appearing in her
the name by which he was
birth certificate be corrected
baptized in his church or by which
accordingly did not necessarily
he has been known in the
make the petition fall under the
community, or which he has
provisions of Rule 108, because
adopted; that the only way to
even under the provisions of Rule
change that name legally is for the