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Article 283

RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

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In any of the following cases, the father is obliged to recognize the child as his natural child:

Official text — RA 386

In any of the following cases, the father is obliged to recognize the child as his natural child:

(1) In cases of rape, abduction or seduction, when the period of the offense coincides more or less with that of the conception;

(2) When the child is in continuous possession of status of a child of the alleged father by the direct acts of the latter or of his family;

(3) When the child was conceived during the time when the mother cohabited with the supposed father;

(4) When the child has in his favor any evidence or proof that the defendant is his father. (n)

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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