CHANGING AND USING THE SURNAME OF FATHER

  Q. Hello Att. R. Wong, nakita ko po ang email ninyo na baka sakaling makahanap ako ng sagot. Pinanganak po ako sa Hong Kong to a Chinese father and Filipina mother. Matagal na po silang nagsasama ng parents ko in late 80’s and till then I was born in 1994. The problem is that hindi pa po… Read More »

TRANSFER OF TITLE AND EVICTING OCCUPANTS

Q. Good day Atty. Wong, I have a brother-in- law. a Canadian citizen, who has properties po dito sa Pilipinas at sa isa sa kanyang property ay may pinatira siya na relative namin. they have been staying there for free for almost 17 years. Ngayon po last year he decided to sell the said property. So he informed… Read More »

SALE AND SEGRATION OF INHERITED PROPERTY

Q. Dear Atty Rogelio Wong, I read the above Q&A on Balita Canada and it was a very timely topic for me and my siblings. We have a situation where 6 siblings inherited beachfront agricultural land in Ilocos. Five of the six siblings reside in the U.S. Our brother in the Philippines received a decent offer from a distant… Read More »

SUPORTA SA MGA ANAK AT ASAWA

Q. Maraming salamat po Atty.Rogie sa pag bigay sagut sa aking mga nakaraang katanungan, sinusubaybayan ko po lagi ang inyong palatuntunan at marami po akong magandang aral na nakukuha sa inyo. Ang concern ko po ngayon as tungkol sa support sa mgal anak. May ilang pursyento po kaya ang makukuha ng mga anak ko kung sakali, ang supporta… Read More »

SSS PENSION AND CONTRIBUTION

Q. Hello Atty Wong! Meron lang sana akong inquiry ulit sa iyo Atty. Wong. While in Canada, I continued paying my SSS premium contribution thru voluntary scheme program, now that I already reached my 60’s, I was informed by the SSS office that I have a option whether to wait getting my pension benefits until I reached 65… Read More »

UNFAITHFUL WIFE AND CUSTODY OF CHILDREN

Q. Hi attorney, I’m from Canada. I got married in the Philippines to a Filipina since 2011. We have two daughters, three (3) and two (2) years old respectively. They are in the Philippines with my wife. At first my marriage seems perfect, we did plan to live here in Canada since it has a lot of better… Read More »

PAGLIPAT NG TITULO SA MINANANG LUPA

Q. I have a question regarding sa land title po namin, my father and my mother passed away sometime in 1975 and 2007 respectively . Yung naka indicate po sa land title is pangalan ng mother ko married to my father, since tatlo na lng po kaming natirang magkapatid, gusto po namin na matransfer yung land title para… Read More »

PAGLIPAT NG TITULO SA MINANANG LUPA

Q. I have a question regarding sa land title po namin, my father and my mother passed away sometime in 1975 and 2007 respectively . Yung naka indicate po sa land title is pangalan ng mother ko married to my father, since tatlo na lng po kaming natirang magkapatid, gusto po namin na matransfer yung land title para… Read More »

Eviction of relatives and settlement of estate

  Dear Atty. Wong, I always read your column with interest and now that I have some issues and hope you can give some answer.   My parents left a house and lot when they died in the ’80’s, and since it’s only me and my sister (who died last year too at the age of 76), we decided to… Read More »