ABOUT THE SERVICE:
Similar to court decrees/order, legal instruments are also registerable in the Civil Registrar where the birth certificate of the child is registered
The following are considered legal instruments:
- Affidavit of Acknowledgement/Admission of Paternity – a public document executed by the biological father establishing paternal relationship with the child
- Legitimation – is a remedy by means of which those in fact were not born in considered illegitimate, are by fiction, considered illegitimate, it being supposed that they were born when their parents were already validly married.
- Affidavit to Use Surname of the Father – Under RA 9255. It is a public instrument executed by the father giving the child the privilege to use his surname.
CLIENT GROUPS:
Parents of illegitimate children.
REQUIREMENTS:
Acknowledgement/Admission of paternity:
1)Registered Certificate of Live Birth of the child
2)Duly notarized affidavit of acknowledgement/admission of paternity
3)Baptismal Certificate
4)Proof of Paternal Filiation (if the child is not acknowledgement upon registration
LEGITIMATION:
1)Registered Certificate of Live Birth of the child duly acknowledged by the father
2)Duly notarized affidavit of legitimation executed by both parents
3)Marriage Contract
4)Certificate of no previous marriage to other person
Affidavit to use Surname of Father:
1)Registered Certificate of Live Birth of the child
2)Duly notarized AUSF executed by the father himself (if the father is not mentioned in the Certificate of Live Birth of the child: or by the mother/guardian (if the father is already mentioned in the COLB of the child)
3)At least two (2) public handwritten instrument of the father (if not…)
SERVICE SCHEDULE:
Monday to Friday, 8:00AM – 12:00Noon, 1:00-5:00PM
FEES/CHARGES:
P50.00