BLANCAFLOR’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
July 1977
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“marriage, as understood in the United States, is not recognized in the Philippines, a 'common law' relationship between the parents of a child born out of wedlock in the Philippines does not qualify as a marriage of the parents under Article 270 of the Civil Code for the purpose of legitimation of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. ESPIRITU
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