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Title IX — Parental Authority

Article 220

EO 209 · Family Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

ELI5— what this means for you

Parents and those exercising parental authority have the following duties toward the minor child: to love and care for them; to give them moral guidance; to allow them to participate in appropriate family activities; to discipline them with firmness but with kindness; to provide for their education and upbringing; and to furnish them with the necessities of life.

Key point

Art. 220 is the foundational 'duties of parents' article — the legal basis for neglect and child abuse claims.

Official text — EO 209

The parents and those exercising parental authority shall have with the respect to their unemancipated children on wards the following rights and duties:

(1) To keep them in their company, to support, educate and instruct them by right precept and good example, and to provide for their upbringing in keeping with their means;

(2) To give them love and affection, advice and counsel, companionship and understanding;

(3) To provide them with moral and spiritual guidance, inculcate in them honesty, integrity, self-discipline, self-reliance, industry and thrift, stimulate their interest in civic affairs, and inspire in them compliance with the duties of citizenship;

(4) To furnish them with good and wholesome educational materials, supervise their activities, recreation and association with others, protect them from bad company, and prevent them from acquiring habits detrimental to their health, studies and morals;

(5) To represent them in all matters affecting their interests;

(6) To demand from them respect and obedience;

(7) To impose discipline on them as may be required under the circumstances; and

(8) To perform such other duties as are imposed by law upon parents and guardians. (316a)

Source: lawphil.net (EO 209 as amended)

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