GR. No. 206248, 18 February 2004 FACTS: Respondent [the father] filed a petition for judicial approval of recognition of the filiation of the two children with the prayer for the correction or change of the surname of the minors from Grande to Antonio when a public document acknowledged before a notary public under Sec. 19, [...]

G.R. No. 72078, 27 June 1994 FACTS: Respondent Bibiana filed action for Judicial Declaration of Filiation, Annulment of Partition, Support and Damages against Eutiquio. Bibiana was born on December 1926 allegedly of Eutiquio and in that time was single. It was alleged that the Marquino family personally knew her since she was hired as domestic [...]

G.R. No. L-4275, 23 March 1909 FACTS: Casiano Abaya, unmarried, the son of Romualdo Abaya and Sabina Labadia died on the 1899. Paula Conde, as the mother of the natural children Jose and Teopista Conde, whom she states she had by Casiano Abaya moved the settlement of the intestate succession. An administrator has been appointed [...]

G.R. No. 171713, 17 December 2007 FACTS: Minor Diaz filed a complaint before the Regional Trial Court for compulsory recognition with prayer for support against Rogelio Ong, she was represented by her mother Jinky. Before the case, Jinky married a certain Hasegawa Katsuo, Japanese. That same year, Jinky met Rogelio, they fell in love. The [...]

G.R. No. 16257,15 June 2005 FACTS: Respondents Fe Angela and her son Martin Prollamante sued Martin’s alleged biological father, petitioner Arnel Agustin, for support and support pendent lite before the Quezon City RTC.In their complaint, respondents alleged that Arnel courted Fe, after which they entered into an intimate relationship. Arnel supposedly impregnated Fe on her [...]

G.R. No. 148220, 15 June 2005 FACTS: On 14 May 1998, then thirteen-year-old Rosendo Alba (respondent), represented by his mother Armi Alba, filed before the trial court a petition for compulsory recognition, support and damages against petitioner. On 7 August 1998, petitioner filed his answer with counterclaim where he denied that he is the biological [...]

G.R. No. 193225, 9 February 2015 FACTS: BBB and AAA allege that they started to date seriously only in 1996. AAA was then a medical student and was raising her first child borne from a previous relationship, named CCC, a boy. During their relationship, AAA bore two more children namely, DDD (born on December 11, [...]

G.R. No. 177728, 31 July 2009 FACTS: Jenie was denied the registration of her child's birth because the document attached to the Affidavit to use the Surname of the Father (AUSF) entitled "Autobiography," did not include the signature of the deceased father, and “because he was born out of wedlock and the father unfortunately died [...]

GR No. 124853, 24 February 1998 FACTS: Private respondent, Monina Jison, instituted a complaint against petitioner, Francisco Jison, for recognition as illegitimate child of the latter. The case was filed 20 years after her mother’s death and when she was already 39 years of age. Petitioner was married to Lilia Lopez Jison since 1940 and [...]

G.R. No. 57227 May 14, 1992 FACTS: Michael Constantino, an illegitimate child, as represented by Amelita, her mother, sought monthly support from Ivan Mendez including Amelia’s complaint on damages. The latter and Amelita met in a restaurant in Manila where she was working as a waitress. Ivan invited him at his hotel and through promise [...]