Jurisdictional Facts

Republic of the Philippines

Court of Appeals Manila SPECIAL THIRD DIVISION IN RE: PETITION TO CORRECT ENTRY IN THE RECORD OF BIRTH/CERTIFICTE OF !I"E BIRT BIRTH H# CHN CHN$E $E OF $EN $ENDER/ DER/ %E& OF 'ENNY PODC TN FROM (F( )FEM!E* TO (M( )M!E*

CA-G.R. CV NO. 852!

"ENN# APODACA TAN$ Petitione,-ppellee.

Me+be,s:

-)ersus  LOCAL+CIT# CIVIL REGISTRAR O, LEGA'PI CIT#$ Responent.

VAS%&E'$ (R.$ Chairman DE G&IA-SALVADOR$ * an VELOSO$ JJ.

P,o+ul0ate:

REP&LIC O, THE PHILIPPINES$      Opposito,-ppellant1 / ----------------------------------------------- /

DECISION VELOSO$ J.:

The essential requisite for allowing substantial corrections of entries in the civil registry is that the true facts be established in an appropriate adversarial proceeding.1

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Per Office Order No. 201-06 RTR dated August 9, 2006.  Barco vs. Court of Appeals, 420 SCRA 162, 172 2004!.

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The Case

On appeal b2 the Republic of the Philippines. th,ou0h the Office of the %olicito, $ene,al )O%$*. is the O,e, 3 ate Ma,ch 4. 3556 of the Re0ional T,ial Cou,t of !e0a7pi Cit2 8 in Spec. Proc. No. 1!! . the ispositi9e po,tion of hich ,eas:

(ACCORDINGL#. the !ocal Ci9il Re0ist,a, of the Cit2 of !e0a7pi is he,eb2 o,e,e to co,,ect the ent,2 ;Fe+ale; to Male in the ,eco, of bi,th of "e11 Apo3a4a Ta1 1 %e,9e a cop2 of this o,e, to the !ocal Ci9il Re0ist,a, of !e0a7pi Cit21 %O ORDERED1(

The Facts

"e11 Apo3a4a Ta1 is a le0iti+ate chil of Nesto, Tan an Ma,il2n poaca1 Bo,n on > in the Cit2 of !e0a7pi. his Ce,tificate of !i9e Bi,th? ,e9eals a ,e6ale 7, 0ene,1

On

Feb,ua,2 =>. 355?. he file a Petition 6 ith the Re0ional T,ial Cou,t of !e0a7pi Cit2 p,a2in0 that the !ocal Ci9il Re0ist,a, be i,ecte to co,,ect the ent,2 appea,in0 in his bi,th ce,tificate. such that his 9e13er+se/ s:all appear as ;ale 7; . 355? Ehibit ;

SSS Personal "ecord# $oter%s "egistration "ecord# Community Ta& Certificate# Passport 'pplication an the (edical Certificate issue b2 D,1 "asue71A

fte,hich. petitione, +ae his fo,+al offe, of

e9ience an ,este his case1 hen ase b2 the cou,t if it intens to p,esent an2 cont,o9e,tin0 e9ience. the %tate. th,ou0h the eputi7e Cit2 P,osecuto, of !e0a7pi Cit2. anse,e in the ne0ati9e1

The Ruling of the Trial Court 

Finin0 the petition fo, co,,ection of 0ene, to be in o,e,. the t,ial cou,t 0,ante sai petition on Ma,ch 4. 35561 Thus:

(fte, hea,in0. ha9in0 co+plie ith the notice ,eui,e b2 la )Ehs1 C. D. E. H. I. < an '* an finin0 the e9ience p,esente clea, an con9incin0 that petitione,;s se is M!E an the ent,2 ;fe+ale; in his ,eco, of bi,th is e,,oneous )Ehs1 !. M. N. O. P an G# T%N of 'enn2 poaca Tan. u0ust 3?. 355?# T%N of Ma,il2n poaca Tan. Octobe, 6. 355?# T%N of D,1 %a,ah Bon0ao"asue7.