Establishing illegitimate filiation beyond the father's lifetime via scientific evidence and other more credible means than a certificate of birth ministerially recorded by the office of the Civil Regisrar

• Main Authors: Higashi, Kohei T., Sasis, Jose Carlos M., Syalomesen, Grace K.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2005
• Subjects: Commercial Law
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/17967
• Institution: De La Salle University

Illegitimate children are no less important members of society who should be given the right to know their identity, and the right to carry a family surname. It is sad, however, that because of the Philippines' conservative patriarchal society, it is a common occurrence for fathers who sire ill...