Article 269
RA 386 · Civil Code of the Philippines
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Only natural children can be legitimated.
Official text — RA 386
Only natural children can be legitimated. Children born outside wedlock of parents who, at the time of the conception of the former, were not disqualified by any impediment to marry each other, are natural. (119a)
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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