TERESITA LLANETA, petitioner

v - The Court ruled in favor of Teresita

The Honorable CORAZON JULIANO and granted her petition to change
AGRAVA, as Presiding Judge of the Juvenile her name to Teresita Llaneta Ferrer.
and Domestic Relations Court of Manila, - In support to her petition, the
respondent mother of Serafin Ferrer and his two
remaining brothers have come
FACTS: forward in earnest support and were
- Atanacia Llaneta was married with proud to share the surname of Ferrer
Serafin Ferrer whom she had a child with her.
named Victoriano Ferrer. - Furthermore, adequate publication
- Serafin died and about four years of the proceeding has not elicited the
later Atanacia had a relationship slightest opposition from the
with another man out of which relatives and friends of Serafin
Teresita Llaneta, herein petitioner, Ferrer.
was born. All of them lived with
Serafin’s mother in Manila.
- Teresita was raised in the household
of the Ferrer’s using the surname of
Ferrer in all her dealing even her
school records.
- She then applied for a copy of her
birth certificate in Sorsogon as it is
required to be presented in
connection with a scholarship grant.
- Subsequently, she discovered that
her registered surname was Llaneta
and that she was the illegitimate
child of Atanacia and an unknown
father.
- She prayed to have her name
changed from Teresita Llaneta to
Teresita Llaneta Ferrer since not
doing so would result in confusion
among persons and entities she dealt
with and would entail endless and
vexatious explanations of the
circumstances.

ISSUES:
- W/N Teresita can have her surname
changed to Ferrer.

RULING:
- YES.