REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)

) S.S. 

JOINT-AFFIDAVIT

We, SPOUSES JOHN RAY SERRANO CARIÑO and ARLENE COMIA

CARIÑO, Filipinos, both of legal age, with residence address at , after having been duly
sworn to in accordance with law, hereby depose and say::

1. We are the biological parents of minor, STEPHANIE ANDREA SERRANO

CARIÑO (“STEPHANIE”) born on 24 September 2008 at Cabugao, Ilocos Sur
as evidenced by her attached CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH signed by
Linda S. Gazmen, Municipal Civil Registrar of Cabugao, Ilocos Sur.

2. Our daughter, STEPHANIE, was with her grandparents ROSALINA

SERRANO CARIÑO and MARCELINO SARABIA CARIÑO, fifty (50) and
sixty-nine (69) years old respectively, who took care of STEPHANIE since her
birth up to the present

3. I, ARLENE COMIA CARIÑO, biological mother of minor STEPHANIE,

simply gave birth to the latter and abandoned her to the care and custody,
relinquishing for all intents and purposes all parental rights, claims and
obligations to the grandparents of STEPHANIE, namely ROSALINA
SERRANO CARIÑO and MARCELINO SARABIA CARIÑO.

4. I, JOHN RAY SERRANO CARIÑO, biological father of minor STEPHANIE at

the time of latter’s birth depended wholly to my parents ROSALINA SERRANO
CARIÑO and MARCELINO SARABIA CARIÑO. While I never physically
abandoned STEPHANIE, I had fully relinquished all my rights and obligations to
the child to my parents, as I am not yet financially, mentally, emotionally
prepared with the responsibility of a father.

5. For STEPHANIE’s best interest and welfare, ROSALINA SERRANO CARIÑO

and MARCELINO SARABIA CARIÑO decided to register the child under their
name with the knowledge and consent of her biological parents.

6. From the moment of her birth, STEPHANIE has always been under their care and
custody. They provided her with all her physical and emotional needs as any
parents would to any child of their own.

7. They reared STEPHANIE as their own child and she in turn, has grown fondly
with them and loving them as her own parents.

8. Nevertheless, we never hid from STEPHANIE her own circumstance and she
grew up knowing who her biological parents are.

9. While we are both working abroad, we have abandoned STEPHANIE and never
returned to the Philippines, unable to perform our parental duties to STEPHANIE.

10. We have been informed of the need to prepare the necessary documents for the
Petition, we were advised that there is a process in order to adopt in the
Philippines, and the appropriate procedure under the Philippine law must be
 undertaken to legitimize the registration of STEPHANIE under the name of her
grandparents, considering that they are not her biological parents.

11. STEPHANIE is barely eight (8) years old, she is a child of tender years,
abandoned by us because of our incapacity to perform our duties as her parents,
who despite having reached the capability sufficient to take care of her, have not
done anything to do so, to this very date.

12. We, in all candor and honesty, are simply two hardworking and loving parents
who have abandoned and neglected STEPHANIE leaving the latter in Philippines
who is far from us, however nothing will stop us from wanting what is the best for
STEPHANIE, after all she is our biological child.

13. Moreover, for humane and salutary purpose of the best interest of the child being
paramount consideration, there is no reason to deny STEPHANIE of the rights
and privileges accorded to the latter as an abandoned child Philippine Law.

14. We voluntarily execute this Affidavit to attest to the truth of the foregoing facts
and in support of our application with the Spanish Embassy, Manila in favor of
our child, STEPHANIE ANDREA SERRANO CARIÑO

AFFIANT FURTHER SAYETH NAUGHT.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set my hand this ___ day of

______________ 2017.

ARLENE COMIA CARIÑO

Affiant

JOHN RAY SERRANO CARIÑO

Affiant
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)

) SS.

BEFORE ME, a Notary Public for and in _______________ City, affiants

ARLENE COMIA CARIÑO and JOHN RAY SERRANO CARIÑO personally
appeared, with __________Nos.________________ and ______________________valid
until ___________, respectively, known to me and to me known to be the same person
who executed the foregoing Joint-Affidavit and acknowledged to me that the same is
their free and voluntary acts and deeds.

WITNESS MY HAND AND NOTARIAL SEAL this ____ day of __________,

2017 at ________________________, Philippines.

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Series of 2017.