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Title VII — Adoption

Article 193

EO 209 · Family Code of the Philippines

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If the adoption is rescinded, the court shall order the civil registrar to cancel the amended birth certificate of the adoptee and restore the original birth certificate. All property rights acquired during the adoption period must also be settled.

Official text — EO 209

If the adopted minor has not reached the age of majority at the time of the judicial rescission of the adoption, the court in the same proceeding shall reinstate the parental authority of the parents by nature, unless the latter are disqualified or incapacitated, in which case the court shall appoint a guardian over the person and property of the minor. If the adopted person is physically or mentally handicapped, the court shall appoint in the same proceeding a guardian over his person or property or both.

Judicial rescission of the adoption shall extinguish all reciprocal rights and obligations between the adopters and the adopted arising from the relationship of parent and child. The adopted shall likewise lose the right to use the surnames of the adopters and shall resume his surname prior to the adoption.

The court shall accordingly order the amendment of the records in the proper registries. (42a, PD 603)

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Source: lawphil.net (EO 209 as amended)

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