Category Archives: Batas Pinoy

DUAL CITIZENSHIP OF MINORS

“Laws relating to family rights and duties,or to the status, condition and legal capacity of persons are binding upon Filipino citizens, even though living abroad.” (Article 15 Civil Code of the Philippines) Q. Hi Atty Wong. I read your 2016 post about dual citizenship and recognition and had a question. Last month I was traveling to Europe with… Read More »

PAG GAMIT NG SURNAME NG AMA NG ISANG ILLEGITIMATE NA ANAK

“Laws relating to family rights and duties,or to the status, condition and legal capacity of persons are binding upon Filipino citizens, even though living abroad.” (Article 15 Civil Code of the Philippines)  Q. Dear Atty, magtatanong po ako kung ano yung nararapat kung gawin. Ako po ay 38 taong gulang na. Ipinanganak po ako noong Enero 21, 1980.… Read More »

INHERITED PROPERTY NOT CONSIDERED CONJUGAL

“Laws relating to family rights and duties,or to the status, condition and legal capacity of persons are bi nding upon Filipino citizens, even though living abroad.” (Article 15 Civil Code of the Philippines)  Q. Greetings! My parents died and left a parcel of land wherein my only brother waived his right of the inheritance for this particular property.… Read More »

LIGITIMATION PROCESS OF OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILD

“Laws relating to family rights and duties,or to the status, condition and legal capacity of persons are binding upon Filipino citizens, even though living abroad.” (Article 15 Civil Code of the Philippines)  Q. Dear Atty, I hope this mail finds you well. I read in your column few months back about the legitimation of an illegitimate child. My… Read More »

KARAPATAN NG ANAK SA LUPA NG INA

Q. Magandang araw po! May katanungan lang po ako, Nais po naming bumili ng lupa, yung may ari po ng lupa, ay nabili nya ang lupa ay nung dalaga pa sya, ang titulo po ay nakapangalan pa sa pagkadalaga. Nag asawa na po sya, pero namatay na po yung asawa nya at may anak na (di ko po… Read More »

CHANGE OF SURNAME ISSUES

Q. Hi Attorney, Good Day! I was able to read a blog on the internet and with this I hope you can help us with your opinion on how we will proceed on our scenario. The affected individual is already 22 years old. Her biological father (PPP) and mother are not married. Her biological father did the paper… Read More »

PAG HATI HATI NG LUPAIN

Q. Magandang hapon po Attorney.  Patay na pareho ang mga magulang namin, tatay  at nanay. Anim po kaming magkakapatid at patay na rin po ang aming panganay at ang kanyang asawa. May naiwan silang dalawang anak na pareho ng may pamilya. Ang mga katanongan ko po ay ganito: 1.  Legal po ba para sa mga magulang namin, noong… Read More »

INHERITANCE OF STEP CHILD AND A FOREIGNER HUSBAND

Q. Hi, I have been researching on the role of step-children in terms of inheritance. So far, this article the only one I found. I am a Filipina and married to a British national. We have no children together. However, my husband has 1 child from his first marriage (“A”) (age 30) and she is based in the… Read More »

ISSUES SA BILIHAN NG LUPA AT ESTATE TAX

Q. Hi po, may nabili po akong lupa kaso yung Certificate Authorizing Registration(CAR) ay di pa po narerelease. Ganito po yon. -Nabili po ni seller ung lupa sa subdivision year 1990 na dalaga pa siya. -Nakumpleto niya pong bayaran year 1995 ung lupa. -Kinasal po siya 1993 -Namatay po yung asawa 2011 -Nakuha na niya po yung titulo… Read More »

UNAUTHORIZED ALTERATION IN THE CONTRACT TO SELL

“Laws relating to family rights and duties,or to the status, condition and legal capacity of persons are binding upon Filipino citizens, even though living abroad.” (Article 15 Civil Code of the Philippines) Q. Dear Atty. Wong, I’m Filipino Canadian. We bought condo from a well- known Developer through its sales representative here in Toronto. We found out that… Read More »