Detailed Report:

Venue
Nakasaad sa Section 1 of Rule 103 of the Rules of Court, ang isang taong
nagnanais na baguhin ang kanyang pangalan ay dapat magpresenta ng
petisyon sa Regional Trial Court sa probinsya or lugar na kung saan siya
ay nakatira, o kung sa siyudad ng Maynila, sa Juvenile and Domestic
Relations Court.

Form
Ayon sa Section 3 of Rule 103 of the Rules of Court, ang form ng petisyon
ay kailangang sapat sa anyo at sangkap.

Contents of the Petition

Ang isang petisyon para sa pagpapalit ng pangalan ay dapat nilagdaan at
pinatunayan ng taong nagnanais na mapalitan ang kanyang pangalan, o ng
ibang tao sa ngalan niya, at dapat magsasaad ng mga sumusunod:

Una, na ang petitioner ay isang bona fide resident ng probinsya kung saan
ang petisyon ay inihain ng hindi bababa sa tatlong (3) taon bago ang petsa
ng naturang paghahain;

Pangalawa, nakasaad din ang dahilan kung saan hinahangad ang

pagpapalit ng pangalan ng petitioner;

At ang panghuli, ang pangalan na hinihiling.

Jurisdictional Requirements
Ang Seksyon 2 at 3 ay nagbibigay ng hurisdiksyon mga kinakailangan
bago ang isang Petisyon para sa Pagbabago ng Pangalan ay maaaring
magpatuloy:

1. Publication: Kung ang petisyon ay sapat sa anyo at sangkap, the

court, by an order reciting the purpose of the petition, ay magset ng
petsa at lugar para sa hearing, at iuutos ng korte na ang kopya ng
order ay mailathala bago ang pagdinig nang hindi bababa sa isang
beses sa isang linggo para sa tatlong (3) magkakasunod na linggo sa
ilang pahayagan ng pangkalahatang sirkulasyon na inilathala sa
lalawigan, ayon sa nararapat na ituring ng korte na pinakamahusay.
Ang petsang itinakda para sa pagdinig ay hindi dapat nasa loob ng
 tatlumpung (30) araw bago ang isang halalan o sa loob ng apat (4)
na buwan pagkatapos ng huling paglalathala ng paunawa.

Karagdagang kinakailangan:
Para maging epektibo ang publikasyong iyon, ito dapat bigkasin,
bukod sa iba pa, ang sumusunod na mga katotohanan:
(1) ang pangalan o mga pangalan ng aplikante,
(2) ang dahilan kung bakit ang pagbabago ng pangalan ay
hinahanap, at
(3) hiniling ang bagong pangalan.

2. Parehong ang pamagat at ang katawan ay dapat na tumpak na

nakasaad sa petisyon:
(a) Mga alyas ng aplikante;
(b) Na ang nagpetisyon ay naging isang bona fide resident ng
probinsya kung saan ang petisyon ay inihain ng hindi bababa sa tatlo
(3) taon bago ang petsa ng naturang paghahain;
(c) Ang dahilan kung bakit ang pagbabago ng hinahanap ang
pangalan ng petitioner;
(d) Ang pangalan na hiniling.

Alalahanin, ang pagkabigong sumunod sa mga kinakailangan sa

hurisdiksyon, ay magpapawalang bisa sa paglilitis.

What is the rationale? Rationale for the jurisdictional requirements –

The State has public interest in changing names and such being a
privilege

Procedure
So what is the procedure in a petition for change of name?

As mentioned earlier,
First the petition must be sufficient in form and substance.
Second, If the petition filed is sufficient in form and substance, the court, by
an order reciting the purpose of the petition, shall fix a date and place for
the hearing thereof.
Third, the Court shall direct that a copy of the order be published before the
hearing at least once a week for three (3) successive weeks in some
newspaper of general circulation published in the province, as the court
shall deem best.
The Hearing should be within 30 days prior to an election nor within 4
months after the last publication of notice. During the hearing – any
interested
person may appear and oppose the petition. Solicitor General or the proper
provincial or city fiscal will appear on behalf of the government. In here, the
Court will determine the sufficiency and propriety of the grounds for the
change of name.
And upon satisfactory proof in open court on the date fixed in the order that
such order has been published as directed and that the allegations of the
petition are true, the court shall, if proper and reasonable cause appears for
changing the name of the petitioner, adjudge that such name be changed
in accordance with the prayer of the petition.
The judgements or orders rendered in connection with the Petition will be
furnished to the Civil Registrar of the municipality of city where the court is
situated.
Such Civil Registrar will enter the judgement or order in the civil register.
This civil registrar pertains to where the petitioner’s live birth is recorded,
e.g., petitioner resides in Manila, he was born in Baguio, the judgement will
be entered in Civil Registrar of Baguio

Since andito naman na tayo Idol Papi, let me share lang other cases which
are related to Change of Name. Baka kasi may mga viewers tayong
nahihiyang magsabi ng kanilang hinaing.

Effects when granted

a. Republic of the Philippines v Uy

Facts: Certificate of Live Birth shows that her full name is “Anita Sy” when
in fact she is allegedly known to her family and friends as “Norma S.
Lugsanay.

Even substantial errors in a civil registry may be corrected and the true
facts established provided the parties aggrieved by the error avail
themselves of the appropriate adversary proceeding.

It is undoubtedly true that if the subject matter of a petition is not for the
correction of clerical errors of a harmless and innocuous nature, but one
involving nationality or citizenship, which is indisputably substantial as well
as controverted, affirmative relief cannot be granted in a proceeding
summary in nature.

Appropriate adversary proceeding – One having opposing parties;

contested, as distinguished from an ex parte application, one of which the
party seeking relief has given legal warning to the other party, and afforded
the latter an opportunity to contest it. Excludes an adoption proceeding.
b. Yasin v Judge, Shari’ah District Court

Guide Question: Is a petition for resumption of maiden name or surname by

a woman who is divorced also a petition for change of name which requires
compliance with the formal requirements of Rule 103 of the Rules of Court?

c. Republic of the Philippines v IAC

d. Padilla v Republic of the Philippines

To allow said minors to adopt the surname of their mother's second

husband, who is not their father, could result in confusion in their paternity.
It could also create the suspicion that said minors, who were born during
the coverture of their mother with her first husband, were in fact sired by
Edward Padilla, thus bringing their legitimate status into discredit.

e. Calderon v Republic of the Philippines

f. In the Matter of the Change of Name of Gertrude Josefina Del Prado,

etc. v Republic of the Philippines

Guide Question: Is the lower court’s order granting the petition founded on
proper and reasonable cause as required by Section 5 of Rule 103 of the
New Rules of Court?

-Yes. A petition to change the name of an infant, as in this case, should be

granted only where to do so is clearly for the best interest of the child.
When the mother of the petitioner filed the instant petition, she had in mind
what she believed was for the best interest of her child considering that her
husband Romeo C. Calderon is the one supporting the child and that he is
agreeable to the child's using his surname. The mother had considered the
generous attitude of her husband as an opportunity for her to promote the
personality, and enhance the dignity, of her daughter, by eliminating what
constitutes a stigma of illegitimacy which her child would continue to bear if
her surname is that of her illegitimate father.