Branch 163 ‘aguig City Station SDRC No. 9282(T@) JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT" 77 years old,? married, and residing at fer 3, Garden Villas, 115 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hills, Taguig do hereby depose and state that: Unit 2D Clust City, after having been sworn in accordance with law, fam one of the 1, together with my husband, petitioners in the adoption of a minor docketed as JDRC No. 9282(TC) before and under the jurisdiction of the Taguig City Station Regional Trial Court, Branch 163, in the sala of the Honorable Leili Cruz Suarez; am the biological mother of the said minor; [am executing this affidavit, in question-and-answer form, for the purpose of attesting to the truth and veracity of the facts pertinent to our petition, attesting to wit: 1. Why are you before this Court? sband, CORO RRRRRNS NEARS, am adopting a. I, together with my hus my biological son, the minor named in this adoption case. 2. What proof do you have of your relationship with the mirior? ‘a. We attached to the petition as Annex “D,” his NSO-issu: where I am named as his mother.> _ ed birth certificate, “The testimony ofthe witness is being offered to prove that she is the co-pettioner inthis adoption case; to prove that she is the minor's biological mother; to prove thatthe minor has been in her care and entou al his lie; to prove that her marriage tothe minors biological father was annulled; to prove that the minors biological father abandoned the minor; to prove that she has exhausted al efforts to obtain the consent of the minor's biological father to the adoption; to prove that she is able to care for the minor, and to prove that she is able to provide the minor with a comfortable home and loving and stable family environment. NSO issued birth certificate attached as Annex “C” to the petition, to be marked as Exhibit “BB.” (Note: exhibits for judicial affidavit of co-pettioner Carlos Miguel Delgado Rufino ended at Exhibit AA.) To be marked as Exhibit CC.Do yo dl ‘Yes My husband and I also have two legitimate daughters together, ‘Alana Evangelista Rufino and Sierra Evangelista Rufino, They are each years, Zmonths and 1-year, 7 months old. We have attached! their birth) Certificates to‘our petition as Annexes “G” and "H.” These were marked! ‘as Exhibits “HH” and “I” in my husband’s Judicial Affidavit Why do you wish to adopt the minor? ae, We wish to adopt him so that he can legally use our surname, Rufino, and so that he can inherit from my husband and myself in the same way as his younger sisters. How long has the minor been in your care? ‘and sold custody since I gave birth to him in 1998. He has been in my care 6. What sort of participation did the minor's biological father, Teddy John Gorospe Jr. have in the minor's upbringing? ‘None. His biological father abandoned us since before he was born and. hasn’t been in contact or reachable since. 7. How did the minor's biological father abandon you? ‘a. While I was pregnant with the minor, he told me that he wanted to move back to the United States so he could find work since we were just relying on our parents for support in the Philippines at the time. I was pregnant so I couldn't work and he couldn't find a job locally since he failed to ‘graduate from high school. So he left for the United States to live in his mom’s house in Los Angeles. After which, he sent mea letter saying he wasn’t ready to be a father or a husband and that he was sorry, but he couldn't come back for us. He asked me to never contact him again. & What sort of contact, if any, did you have with him after he sent you that letter? ‘a. None. I did try calling him and sending him letters, especially after Lawrence was born, but he never took my calls or replied. 9. What sort of contact, if any, did you have with his family after he sent you that letter? a. My dad, who also works as an engineer in the United States, was able to visit his mom’s house and talk to her after Lawrence was born and when | filed for annulment. She refused to help us get in touch with her son on either occasion. After that, we haven’t had any contact with them at all. 10. What sort of proof, if any, do you have of the minor’s abandonment by his father? a. In 2005, I obtained an annulment from the minor's biological father. The judge said that his abandonment of us was a main indicator of his, psychological incapacity to be a husband. We attached a copy of the decision as. “Y" to “J-5" to the petitions We also attached a copy of thé Decree of Nullity ys Annex “A” of our compliance dated 7 May 20125 “To be marked as Exhibits DD to DD-5. 5 To be marked as Exhibit EE.How long were you abandoned you? a. Just 2 months. Where is the minor's biological father now? all our attempts to cont ited Sta tact him at his last a. Idon’t know for sure since ss have failed. known address and phone numbers in the U inor’s biological father? Do you have any proof of your attempts to contact the mi total of the, ‘a. Yes. We attached as Annexes “K” toK-1" and “L’ petition letters we wrote to him in 2008, and their registry receipts? askin for his consent to the adoption. My husband also attached as Exhibit “2” to his Judicial Affidavit a copy of the authenticated affidavit of failed service of the lawyer we engaged to personally serve our request for consent in November last year. How do you know you can take care of the minor? ‘2. I know I can continue taking care of him because I have taken care of him all of his life. I was mostly a single mother for the first 7 years of his life, ‘with only my parents to help me in taking care of him while I worked. 1 am lucky in that my husband, Carlo, has always loved my son as his own. child, has helped me with parenting, even when we were just engaged to be married. Since we got married, Carlo has proven to be an excellent father to all our children. 15, What proof do you have, ifany, that you are morally capable of raising the a. As part of our petition, our friends, who have kt the petition as Annexes “R” to“T.” we submitted character references from three of own us for several years. These are attached to 16. What proof do you have, if any, that you are financially capable of taking care of the minor? a. Tama stay at home mom because I believe our children will grow up better under the constant loving care and guidance of their mother, but 'd makes enough money to support all of us.-As part of our, petition, we submitted a copy of my husband's certificate of employment Ped income tax return for the year 2010, These are attached to the petition ‘as Annexes “P” and “Q” to “Q-2*As part of my husband's Judicial ‘Affidavit, he attached, as Exhibit “T” to “T-9,” his income tax return for the year 2011, showing an income net of taxes of PHPSOGAT5:69. attached to his Judicial Affidavit, as Exhibit "U,” the Bank Certificate ftom the Bank of the Philippine Islands dated 18 January 2013;showing that we have PhP1,487,360.21 in our Joint Savings Account. Ihave access to this ‘account for our family’s daily expenses and anything all three of our children may need, day to day. my husban 17, What proof do you have, ifany, that the minor is a healthy and well-adjusted child in your care? a. Our son is a good and well-behaved child. He can sometimes struggle to keep his grades up, but he always studies harder and doesn't get mad when we call his attention to his grades. He's an excellent big brother tohis baby sisters and is always polite and obedient t0| family. As part of the adoption process, my husband and Thad our son evaluated by a pediatrician, Dr. Vienne Valentin-Saulog, of the Philippine Pediatric Society. She issued! a Medical Certificate dated 26 September 2012, stating that our son is “Well Adolescent” and that “He has no ‘current behavioral issues.” My husband attached this to his Judicial Affidavit as Exhibit “V." 18. How did you decide to adopt the minor? ‘a. When Carlo and I first started thinking about marriage, I made it clear to him that my son needed to be a part of our life together. He was 100% agreeable to it and wouldn’t have it any other way. When we got married in 2007, we knew that we had a ready-made family, that has since grown in size and love with the addition of 2 more children. As soon as we settled into our new home in Taguig, we started making inquiries with different lawyers on how to go about the adoption. reacted to your decision to adopt the minor? ‘we have Carlo in our lives. ‘and what a great dad he is to ‘oming, our son's legal 19. How has your extended family ‘a. My parents and siblings are all very grateful They see what a loving husband he is to me all three of our kids. They really welcome him bee: father and changing our son’s last name to Rufino. 20. What sort of clearances and/or counseling, if any, have you had in connection with your petition to adopt the minor? n Gun lawyer advised us to attend an adoption seminar. So we attended car om 12 August 204%-by the Kaisahang Buhay Foundation. They issued ans certificate of attendance, which we attached to the petition as Annex 21. How can you describe your family home? We live in a three-bedroom house in a condominium cluster of apartments. It has? toilet and baths, a washroom, a separate living and dining area, a kitchen, and a maid's room. My husband and | stay i the snastes bedroom, while our son has his own room. Our daughters share which we attached to the third bedroom. We took pictures of our home, the petition as Annexes “M" to“MP7. m6 22, What sort of provisions for the care of your children have you made, if any, in the event your husband and yourself pass away? We have a large extended family who will gladly take care of our children if anything should happen to us. However, a8 part of the adoption process, my sister, Ruby Anne Evangelista Sy, and her husband, Juan Sy, have made a Statement of Undertaking of Guardianship, which we attached to the petition as Annex “W.”? Init, they promise to take care of Lawrence if anything should happen to me and Carlo. Any of our family are ready and capable of taking care of our kids if we pass on suddenly, with or without any statements. © To be marked as Exhibits “FF” to “FE-7.” 7'To be marked as Exhibit “GG.” Page of 623, Are you aware that in answer to these questions and the ee rncler oath, fully conscious that you may face criminal liability for false " testimony and perjury? a. Yes, lam aware that | am answering the questions asked of me, fully conscious that I am doing so under oath, and that I may face criminal liability for false testimony or perjury in case I lie. 24, Are all the documents you presented and identified authentic? ‘a, Yes, they were all obtained from the proper government authorities or issuing entities, or are part of our personal records. 25, Are you willing to attach in your Affidavit the documents originally marked by the Court? a. Yes, Iam. 26. Are you willing to sign this Judicial Affidavit? a. Yes,lam. CAL aan Petitioner-Affiant With Passport No. EB Issued on 26 December 2012 By DFA-NCR EAST Valid until 25 December 2017 ATTESTATION CLAUSE L Of legal age, single, Filipino citizen, with office ‘address at Ground Floor W Tower, 39 Street, Bonifacio Global City, 1634 Taguig, after being sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and states: 1. | am the lawyer who conducted and supervised the examination of the witness above; 2. [faithfully caused to be recorded the questions asked and the corresponding answers that the witness gave; and 3. Neither I, nor any other person, assisted nor coached the witness regarding ctor