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Title IX — Parental Authority

Article 227

EO 209 · Family Code of the Philippines

ELI5— what this means for you

If a minor earns through their own work or profession, those earnings are the minor's own property. However, parents are still allowed to administer those earnings and direct them toward the minor's education and support.

Official text — EO 209

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