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Title VII — Adoption

Article 189

EO 209 · Family Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

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Once adoption is decreed by the court, the adopter and the adoptee have the same rights and obligations as a legitimate parent and child. The adoptee is entitled to use the adopter's surname and inherits from the adopter as a legitimate child.

Official text — EO 209

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