FAMILY

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 WHAT IS FAMILY?
+DENOTES A GROUP OF PEOPLE,
AFFILIATED BY CONSANGUINITY
+BASIC UNIT OF SOCIETY
+BASIC SOCIAL INSTITUTION
+FOUNDATION OF NATION (ART. 149
OF FAMILY CODE)

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WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF FAMILY?
1. NUCLEAR FAMILY/CONJUGAL
FAMILY/ELEMENTARY- FAMILY COMPOSED
OF A FATHER, MOTHER, AND A
CHILD/CHILDREN.
2. EXTENDED FAMILY- COMPOSED OF
MEMBERS OF OTHER THAN THE FATHER,
MOTHER, AND CHILDREN
-EXAMPLE: WITH IN-LAWS, RELATIVES,
HOUSEHOLD HELPER AND OR EMPLOYEES.

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MODELS OF
FAMILY LIFE

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MODELS OF FAMILY LIFE
1. CORPORATE MODEL- FATHER IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. MOM IS THE OPERATING
OFFICER WHO IMPLEMENTS DAD’S POLICY AND MANAGES THE STAFF (CHILDREN), WHO IN
TURN HAVE PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES BASED ON THEIR SENIORITY.
2. TEAM MODEL- DAD IS THE HEAD COACH. MOM IS THE CHIEF OF THE TRAINING TABLE AND
HEAD CHEERLEADER. THE CHILDREN,SUFFERING FREQUENT PERFORMANCE ANXIETY, PLAY BY
THE RULES AND STAY IN SHAPE WITH CONFORMITY CALISTHENICS. IN THE TEAM FAMILY,
COMPETITION IS THE NAME OF THE GAME AND WINNING IS EVERYTHING.
3. MILITARY MODEL- DAD IS THE GENERAL, MOM ALWAYS ON GUARD DUTY WITH A SPECIAL
ASSIGNMENT TO NURSE THE CORPS WHEN NEEDED. RANK JUSTIFIES ARBITRARY BEHAVIOR.
SYMPATHY IS FOR SOFTIES. DISCIPLINE IS ALL. UNRULY CHILDREN ARE SENT TO THE
STOCKADE. PUNISHMENT IS SWIFT AND SADISM IS CALLED CHARACTER BUILDING.
4. BOARDING MODEL- DAD IS THE RECTOR, OR HEADMASTER, IS IN-CHARGE OF TRAINING ,
STRONG MINDS AND BODIES. MOM IS THE DORM COUNSELOR, OVERSEES THE REALM AND
EMOTION, ILLNESS,GOOD WORKS, AND BED WETTING. THE CHILDREN ARE DUTIFUL STUDENT.
5. THEATRICAL MODEL- DAD, IS THE PRODUCER, ALSO PLAYS THE ROLE OF THE FATHER. MOM
IS THE STAGE MANAGER, DOUBLES IN PART OF A MOTHER. CHILDREN ARE THE STAGEHANDS,
ALSO ACT THE ROLES OF GIRLS AND BOYS.

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(PATRIA POTESTAS) IS THE MASS OF RIGHTS AND

PARENTAL OBLIGATIONS WHICH PARENTS HAVE IN RELATION TO
THE PERSON AND PROPERTY OF THEIR CHILDREN UNTIL
AUTHORITY THEIR EMANCIPATION, AND EVEN AFTER UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

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 Suspension of Parental
Authority
+CONVICTION OF PARENT FOR CRIME
WITHOUT CIVIL INTERDICTION
+TREATS A CHILD WITH EXCESSIVE
HARASSMENT AND CRUELTY
+GIVES CORRUPTING ORDERS, COUNSEL OR
EXAMPLE
+COMPELS CHILD TO BEG
+SUBJECTS TO OR ALLOWS ACTS OF
LASCIVIOUSNESS
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 GROUNDS FOR THE PERMANENT TERMINATION OF PARENTAL
AUTHORITY
1) DEATH OF PARENTS
2) DEATH OF A CHILD
3) EMANCIPATION OF A CHILD
4) PARENTS EXERCISING PARENTAL AUTHORITY HAS SUBJECTED THE CHILD
OR ALLOWED HIM TO BE SUBJECTED TO SEXUAL ABUSE

 GENERAL RULE: A CHILD UNDER SEVEN (7) YEARS OF AGE SHALL NOT BE
SEPARATED FROM THE MOTHER UNLESS THE COURT FINDS COMPELLING
REASONS TO ORDER OTHERWISE. PRIME CONSIDERATION IN MATTERS
OF CUSTODY OF A CHILD IS THE WELFARE AND WELL-BEING OF THE
CHILD.

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 RELATED PHILIPPINE LAWS AFFECTING CHILDREN
+ PD 603- Child and + RA 10630- an act + RA 8369- the law that
Youth welfare code strengthening the established the
Juvenile System in the “Family Court”
+ RA 6809- Lowering the
Philippines
age of majority from + RA 8552- an act
21 to 18 years of age + RA 9262- Anti- establishing the rules
Violence against and policies on the
+ RA 9344- Juvenile
Women and their domestic adoption
Justice Welfare act of
Children act of 2004 known as “Domestic
2006
Adoption Act of 1998”
+ RA 7610- Special
+ RA 9255- An Act
protection of Children + RA 8043- an
allowing illegitimate
Against abuse, establishing the rules
children to use the
exploitation & to govern inter-
surname of their
Discrimination country adoption of
father.
Filipino children
+ RA 6972- Barangay
known as “ Inter-
Level Development
Country Adoption Act
and Protection of
of 1995”
Children Act
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SALIENT PROVISIONS
OF PD 603

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SALIENT PROVISIONS OF PD 603

 THE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 603 ALSO KNOWN AS THE “CHILD AND

YOUTH WELFARE CODE”.
 THE DECREE WAS SIGNED BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT FERDINAND
E. MARCOS ON DECEMBER 10, 1974
 TOOK EFFECT ON JUNE 10, 1975

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SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CHILDREN
 DEPENDENT CHILD- ONE WHO IS W/O A PARENT, GUARDIAN OR CUSTODIAN; OR
ONE WHOSE PARENTS OR OTHER CUSTODIAN FOR GOOD CAUSE DESIRES TO BE
RELIEVED OF HIS CARE AND CUSTODY AND IS DEPENDENT UPON THE PUBLIC FOR
SUPPORT
 ABANDONED CHILD- ONE WHO HAS NO PROPER PARENTAL CARE OR
GUARDIANSHIP, OR WHOSE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS HAVE DESERTED HIM FOR A
PERIOD OF AT LEAST SIX (6) CONTINUOUS MONTHS (PD 603)

THIS PROVISON WAS FURTHER AMENDED BY RA 9523 IN WHICH ABANDONED

CHILD MAY REFER TO A CHILD WHO HAS NO PROPER PARENTAL CARE OR
GUARDIANSHIP, OR WHOSE PARENTS HAVE DESERTED HIM FOR A PERIOD OF AT
LEAST THREE (3) CONTINUOUS MONTHS, WHICH INCLUDES A FOUNDING.

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SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CHILDREN

 NEGLECTED CHILD- REFERS TO A CHILD WHOSE BASIC NEEDS HAVE BEEN

DELIBERATELY UNATTENDED OR INADEQUATELY ATTENDED W/N A PERIOD
OF THREE (3) CONTINUOUS MONTHS. NEGLECT MAY OCCUR IN TWO WAYS:
a. PHYSICAL NEGLECT- WHEN THE CHILD IS MALNOURISHED, ILL-
GROOMED,AND W/O PROPER SHELTER. A CHILD IS UNATTENDED WHEN LEFT
BY HIMSELF W/O PROPER PROVISIONS AND OR W/O PROPER SUPERVISION
b. EMOTIONAL NEGLECT- WHEN THE CHILD IS MALTREATED, RAPED,
SEDUCED,EXPLOITED, OVERWORKED,OR MADE TO WORK UNDER
CONDITIONS NOT CONDUCIVE TO GOOD HEALTH OR IS MADE TO BEG ON
THE STREETS OR PUBLIC PLACES, OR WHEN CHILREN ARE IN MORAL
DANGER, OR EXPOSED TO A GAMBLING, PROSTITUTION AND OTHER VICES.

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SUBSTITUTE PARENTAL AUTHORITY

In the absence of parents or a judicially appointed guardian, the following person

shall exercise substitute parental authority over the child in order indicated:

1. The surviving grandparent/s

2. The oldest brother or sister, over twenty-one years of age, unless unfit or
disqualified
3. The child’s actual custodian, over twenty-one years of age, unless unfit or
disqualified ( PD 603) as amended by EO 209 or the Family Code)

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