RULE 103

Change of Name
Section 1. Venue. A person desiring to change his name shall present the petition to the Court
of First Instance of the province in which he resides, or, in the City of Manila, to the Juvenile and
Domestic elations Court.
Section 2. Contents of petition. A petition for change of name shall !e signed and verified !y
the person desiring his name changed, or some other person on his !ehalf, and shall set forth"
#a$ %hat the petitioner has !een a bona fide resident of the province where the petition is
filed for at least three #&$ years prior to the date of such filing'
#!$ %he cause for which the change of the petitioner(s name is sought'
#c$ %he name as)ed for.
Section 3. Order for hearing. If the petition filed is sufficient in form and su!stance, the
court, !y an order reciting the purpose of the petition, shall fi* a date and place for the hearing
thereof, and shall direct that a copy of the order !e pu!lished !efore the hearing at least once a
wee) for three #&$ successive wee)s in some newspaper of general circulation pu!lished in the
province, as the court shall deem !est. %he date set for the hearing shall not !e within thirty #&+$
days prior to an election nor within four #,$ month after the last pu!lication of the notice.
Section 4. Hearing. Any interested person may appear at the hearing and oppose the petition.
%he -olicitor .eneral or the proper provincial or city fiscal shall appear on !ehalf of the
.overnment of the epu!lic.
Section 5. Judgment. /pon satisfactory proof in open court on the date fi*ed in the order that
such order has !een pu!lished as directed and that the allegations of the petition are true, the
court shall, if proper and reasona!le cause appears for changing the name of the petitioner,
ad0udge that such name !e changed in accordance with the prayer of the petition.
Section 6. Service of judgment. Judgments or orders rendered in connection with this rule
shall !e furnished the civil registrar of the municipality or city where the court issuing the same
is situated, who shall forthwith enter the same in the civil register.
RULE 108
Cancellation Or Correction Of Entrie !n "he Ci#il Regitr$
Section 1. Who may file petition. Any person interested in any act, event, order or decree
concerning the civil status of persons which has !een recorded in the civil register, may file a
verified petition for the cancellation or correction of any entry relating thereto, with the Court of
First Instance of the province where the corresponding civil registry is located.
Section 2. Entries subject to cancellation or correction. /pon good and valid grounds, the
following entries in the civil register may !e cancelled or corrected" #a$ !irths" #!$ marriage' #c$
deaths' #d$ legal separations' #e$ 0udgments of annulments of marriage' #f$ 0udgments declaring
marriages void from the !eginning' #g$ legitimations' #h$ adoptions' #i$ ac)nowledgments of
natural children' #0$ naturali1ation' #)$ election, loss or recovery of citi1enship' #l$ civil
interdiction' #m$ 0udicial determination of filiation' #n$ voluntary emancipation of a minor' and
#o$ changes of name.
Section 3. Parties. 2hen cancellation or correction of an entry in the civil register is sought,
the civil registrar and all persons who have or claim any interest which would !e affected there!y
shall !e made parties to the proceeding.
Section 4. otice and publication. /pon the filing of the petition, the court shall, !y an order,
fi* the time and place for the hearing of the same, and cause reasona!le notice thereof to !e
given to the persons named in the petition. %he court shall also cause the order to !e pu!lished
once a wee) for three #&$ consecutive wee)s in a newspaper of general circulation in the
province.
Section 5. Opposition. %he civil registrar and any person having or claiming any interest
under the entry whose cancellation or correction is sought may, within fifteen #34$ days from
notice of the petition, or from the last date of pu!lication of such notice, file his opposition
thereto.
Section 6. E!pediting proceedings. %he court in which the proceeding is !rought may ma)e
orders e*pediting the proceedings, and may also grant preliminary in0unction for the preservation
of the rights of the parties pending such proceedings.
Section %. Order. After hearing, the court may either dismiss the petition or issue an order
granting the cancellation or correction prayed for. In either case, a certified copy of the 0udgment
shall !e served upon the civil registrar concerned who shall annotated the same in his record.