Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

Fifth Judicial Region
Branch ___
Legazpi City

IN THE MATTER OF CHANGING

THE NAME OF DARYL CRIBE TO
DARYL CRIBE RELORCASA,

DARYL CRIBE RELORCASA,

Petitioner,
SP. PROC. NO. ____
-versus-

SALVADOR PANIN RELORCASA,

JOSELYN AMOROSO CRIBE, THE
LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF
MANILA CITY, THE PHILIPPINE
STATISTICS AUTHORITY, AND
THE REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES, represented by the
SOLICITOR GENERAL,
Respondents.
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PETITION
PETITIONER, through undersigned counsel, and to this Honorable Court
respectfully avers and sets forth that:

1. Petitioner is of legal age, single, Filipino, with capacity to sue and be

sued, and a resident of Brgy. 4, Camalig, Albay, where he may be served with this
Honorable Court’s processes;

2. Salvador Panin Relorcasa is of legal age, Filipino, with capacity to

sue and be sued, and a resident of Purok 6, Anislag, Daraga, Albay, where he may
be served with this Honorable Court’s processes;

3. Joselyn Amoroso Cribe is of legal age, Filipino, with capacity to sue

and be sued, and a resident of Brgy. Pigcale, Legazpi City, where she may be
served with this Honorable Court’s processes

4. The Local Civil Registrar of Manila City is the government agency

mandated to carry out and administer the provisions of law on civil registration
located within the City of Legazpi. It may be served with summons and a copy of
this Petition through the City Civil Registrar, Manila City Hall, Metro Manila;

5. The Philippine Statistics Authority is the government agency

attached to the National Economic and Development Authority which has also the
responsibility of carrying out and administering the provision of the Civil Registry

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Law and other laws on civil registration. It may be served with summons and a
copy of this Petition through its central office located at Solicarel Building,
Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard, Sta. Mesa, Manila 1016;

6. The Solicitor General is the government agency authorized to

represent the Republic of the Philippines in a proceeding for substantial correction
of entries in the civil registry;

7. Petitioner was born on 21 October 1990 in Balut, Tondo, Manila.

Petitioner’s parents are Joselyn Amoroso Cribe and Salvador Panin Relorcasa, and
are not married to each other;

8. The fact of Petitioner’s birth was only registered by his mother on 21

September 2018 before the Office of the Civil Registrar of Manila City;

9. Respondent Salvador Panin Relorcasa acknowledged Petitioner as

his illegitimate son as shown in the Affidavit of Acknowledgment/Admission of
Paternity found at the dorsal portion of Petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth,
attached and marked Annexes “A” and “B”;

10. Considering that Petitioner was born prior to the effectivity of

Republic Act no. 9255 the Office of the Civil Registrar of Manila City did not
allow him to use his father’s surname in his Certificate of Live Birth. Thus, the
name of Petitioner as registered in his Certificate of Live Birth is “DARYL
CRIBE”;

11. However, from his elementary years up to the present, Petitioner has
been using the name “DARYL CRIBE RELORCASA”. Attached and marked
Annexes “C” and “D” are Petitioner’s school records, Annexes “E” and “F” are
his Certificate of Employment and Barangay Certification;

12. Petitioner had been known “DARYL CRIBE RELORCASA” since

childhood and was baptized by that name, attached and marked Annex “G” is a
copy of his Certificate of Baptism;

13. Petitioner’s father continuously recognized and supported him and is

under his father’s custody from the year 1990 to 2018;

14. On 15 October 2018 Salvador Panin Relorcasa executed a notarized

Affidavit of Paternity and use of Father’s Surname in favor of Petitioner. Attached
and marked Annex “H” is a copy of the Affidavit dated 15 October 2018;

15. To avoid confusion, it would be for the best interest of herein

Petitioner to allow him to continue to use the surname of his father and to reflect
the same in his Certificate of Live Birth;

16. The filing of this Petition is not for the purpose of evading any law
or judgment or any infraction thereof or for any unlawful motive but solely for the
purpose stated above.

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 PRAYER

WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays that after notice, publication, and hearing,

judgment be rendered:

1. Allowing Petitioner to use the surname of his father “RELORCASA”;

2. Directing the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Manila City and the
Philippine Statistics Authority to Correct the Certificate of Live Birth of
Petitioner under Registry No. 2018-50244 by changing his name from
DARYL CRIBE to DARYL CRIBE RELORCASA;

Petitioner further prays for such other relief and remedies, just and
equitable under the premises.

Legazpi City, Philippines, April 3, 2019.

ZAMORA, ROMANO & VILLANUEVA

LAW OFFICES
Counsel for the Petitioner
Unit 2, D and N Bldg.
Washington Drive, Legazpi City

By:

KARL ANTHONY B. VILLANUEVA

Attorney’s Roll No. 56531
PTR No. 4621114 / 4 January 2019
IBP Lifetime No. 017544 / 23 November 2017
CTC No. 19355987 / 4 January 2019
MCLE V-0006179 / 2 February 2015

VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION

I, DARYL CRIBE RELORCASA, subscribing under oath, state that:

1. I am the Petitioner in the above-entitled proceeding;

2. I have caused the preparation of the foregoing Petition;

3. I have read it and the allegations therein are true and correct based on
our own personal knowledge and authentic documents; and

4. I hereby certify that I have not commenced any other action or

proceeding involving the same or similar issues, in the Supreme Court, the Court
of Appeals, or in any other court, tribunals or agency, and to the best of our
knowledge, no such action or proceeding is pending in the Supreme Court, the
Court of Appeals, or in any other court, tribunal or agency; and if I should learn
hereafter that a similar action or proceeding is pending or has been filed in the
Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or any other court, tribunal or agency, I

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hereby undertake to report that fact to the Court or agency, wherein the original
pleading or the sworn certification herein contemplated, have been filed.

DARYL CRIBE RELORCASA

Affiant
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SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this _____________ in

Legazpi City, Philippines, by the affiant who presented to me his identifying
documents mentioned below her name, who is the same person who executed the
foregoing Verification and Certification.

Doc. No. ____

Page No. ____
Book No. ____
Series of 2019

Cc:

SALVADOR PANIN RELORCASA

Purok 6, Anislag, Daraga, Albay
Registry Receipt No. ____

JOSELYN AMOROSO CRIBE

Brgy. Pigcale, Legazpi City
Registry Receipt No. ____

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF LEGAZPI CITY

City Hall, Manila City
Metro Manila
Registry Receipt No. ____

PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY

Solicarel Building, Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard
Sta. Mesa, Manila 1016
Registry Receipt No. ____

SOLICITOR GENERAL
134 Amorsolo Street, Legazpi Village
Makati, Kalakhang Maynila
Registry Receipt No. ____