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THIRD DIVISION

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES,

Petitioner,

G.R. No. 198010

Present:

VELASCO, JR., J., Chairperson,

PERALTA,

ABAD,

MENDOZA, and

LEONEN,JJ.

-versus-

Promulgated:

DR. NORMA S. LUGSANAY UY,

Respondent.

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DECISION

PERALTA, J.:

Assailed in this petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the

Rules of Court are the Court of Appeals (CA) 1 Decision2 dated February 18,

2011 and Resolution 3 dated July 27, 2011 in CA-G.R. CV No. 00238-MIN.

The assailed decision dismissed the appeal filed by petitioner Republic of

the Philippines and, consequently, affirmed in toto the June 28, 2004 Order4

of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 27, Gingoog City in Special

Proceedings No. 230-2004 granting the Petition for Correction of Entry of

Certificate of Live Birth filed by respondent Dr. Norma S. Lugsanay Uy;

while the assailed resolution denied petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

Mindanao Station, Cagayan de Oro City.

Penned by Associate Justice Rodrigo F. Lim, Jr., with Associate Justices Angelita A. Gacutan and

Nina G. Antonio-Valenzuela, concurring; rolla, pp. 47-61.

3

Penned by Associate Justice Rodrigo F. Lim, Jr., with Associate Justices Pamela Ann Abella

Maxino and Zenaida T. Galapate Laguilles, concurring; rolla, pp. 62-63.

4

Penned by Presiding Judge Rexel N. Pacuribot; records, pp. 27-29.

Decision

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G.R. No. 198010

The facts of the case are as follows:

On March 8, 2004, respondent filed a Petition for Correction of Entry

in her Certificate of Live Birth.5 Impleaded as respondent is the Local Civil

Registrar of Gingoog City. She alleged that she was born on February 8,

1952 and is the illegitimate daughter of Sy Ton and Sotera Lugsanay.6 Her

Certificate of Live Birth7 shows that her full name is “Anita Sy” when in

fact she is allegedly known to her family and friends as...