Family Code Art. 167: Legitimacy upheld

Statute: Family Code
Article: Art. 167
Topic: Legitimacy upheld despite the mother's declaration
Year: 1987

The provision

The child shall be considered legitimate although the mother may have declared against its legitimacy or may have been sentenced as an adulteress. (256a)

Cases applying this article

Ordona v. Fulgueras G.R. No. 215370

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