Title IX — Parental Authority

Article 231

EO 209 · Family Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

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A court may deprive parents of parental authority, or suspend it, on these grounds: (1) excessive harshness or cruelty toward the child; (2) giving the child corrupting orders or allowing the child to engage in degrading activities; (3) compulsion of the child to beg; (4) subjecting the child to acts of lasciviousness.

Official text — EO 209

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