
1083 (Code of Muslim Personal Law of the Philippines). Legitimate child have the right to bear the surname of the father and of the mother.

263, Civil Code of the Philippines)ĭoes the practice of some Filipino Muslim of using the first name of the father as the family name of the children violate the provisions on the use of surnames?

Is the child considered legitimate although the mother may have declared against its legitimacy? The instrument shall be recorded in the civil registry together with the birth certificate of the child. 225, Civil of the Philippines).Ĭhildren conceived or born during the marriage of the parents are legitimate.Ĭhildren conceived as a result of artificial insemination of the wife with the sperm of the husband or that of a donor are likewise legitimate children of the husband and his wife, provided that both of them authorized or ratified such insemination in a written instrument executed and signed by them before the birth of the child. Children born after one hundred and eighty days following the celebration of the marriage, and before three hundred days following its dissolution or the separation of the spouses shall be presumed to be legitimate.
