1/5/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly City; and the Local Civil Registrar of Davao City. No pronouncement on costs of suit. SO ORDERED. Perlas-Bernabe, Gesmundo, Carandang, and Zalameda, JJ., concur. [1] Rollo, pp. 25-26; penned by Judge Lope L. Calio. [2] Id. at 28. [3] Id. at 218. [4] Id. at 25-26. [5] Id. at 26. [6] Id. at 14. [7] Id. at 15-17. [8] Black's Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, p. 1158. [9] Macadangdang v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. L-49542, September 12, 1980, 100 SCRA 73, 89. [10] See Record of the Senate on the Interpellations re: Sen. Santiago's Sponsorship Speech on Senate Bill No. 1523 dated February 5, 1998. [11] Id. [12] Rollo, p. 224. [13] Section 7(b)(ii) is the provision applicable to one who seeks to adopt the legitimate son/daughter of the Filipino spouse; [14] Rollo, p. 21. [15] See https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/diplomatic-relations/japan/ [16] Minucher v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 142396, February 11, 2003, 397 SCRA 244, 254-255. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66000 9/10