CHANGE OF NAME

Rule 103 RA 9048 Rule 108

Scope Change of Full Name/ Surname Change of 1st name, Correction or cancellation of
due to proper and compelling nickname, birth date, gender
 substantial errors
reasons Clerical errors

Nature Judicial Administrative Judicial

Who may Person who desires to Direct and personal Interest Any person interested
file

Initiatory Signed and verified petition Sworn Affidavit Verified petition

pleading

Where to RTC - 3yrs residence Local Civil registry where RTC where registry is located
file record being kept/ resident

Coverage Correction
A. Clerical errors
a. Births
B. Change of b. Marriage
Procedure
1. First name or c. Deaths
1. Petition
nickname d. Legal separations
2. Order of hearing
2. Day and month in e. Judgments of annulments
3. Hearing
date of birth, or of marriage
4. Judgment
3. Sex of a person f. Judgments declaring
5. Furnish judgment on civil where it is patently marriages void ab initio
Registrar clear that there was a g. Legitimations
clerical or h. Adoptions
typographical error or i. Acknowledgments of
mistake in the entry natural children
j. Naturalization
k. Election, loss or recovery
of citizenship
l. Civil interdiction
m. Judicial determination of
filiation
n. Voluntary emancipation of
a minor
o. Changes of name

Appeal
CA Rule 109 Civil Register General CA Rule 109

Grounds a. The name is ridiculous,

tainted with dishonor or
extremely difficult to write or
pronounce
b. legal consequence of
legitimation
c. avoid confusion
d. to erase signs of former
alienage
e. Having continuously used
and been known since
childhood by a Filipino name,
having been unaware of
alien parentage
f. surname causes
embarrassment and no
fraudulent purpose
g. Intersexuality