1/5/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly consideration, hence, every reasonable intendment should be sustained to promote and fulfill these noble and compassionate objectives of the law. Lastly, Art. 10 of the Ne w Civil Code provides that: "In case of doubt in the interpretation or application of laws, it is presumed that the lawmaking body intended right and justice to prevail." This provision, according to the Code Commission, "is necessary so that it may tip the scales in favor of right and justice when the law is doubtful or obscure. It will strengthen the determination of the courts to avoid an injustice which may apparently be authorized by some way of interpreting the law." (Citations omitted) Accordingly, We find that petitioners' Petition for Adoption was appropriately filed under the Domestic Adoption Act of 1998 which the appropriate Family Court or RTC can properly take cognizance of. ACCORDINGLY, the instant Petition for Review on Certiorari is GRANTED. The assailed Resolutions dated November 21, 2018 and June 19, 2019 rendered by the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 157452 are hereby REVERSED and SET ASIDE. The instant case is REMANDED to the Regional Trial Court of Makati City, Branch 136, which is DIRECTED to continue with DISPATCH the adoption proceedings with change of name involving the minor "Mayca Alegado" a.k.a. "Innah Alegado." SO ORDERED. Perlas-Bernabe, Reyes, Jr. A, Inting and Zalameda,* JJ., concur. * Designated additional member per Special Order No. 2727 dated October 25, 2019. [1] Rollo, pp. 3-22. [2] Id. at 28-31; penned by Associate Justice Geraldine C. Fiel-Macaraig and concurred in by Associate Justices Ramon R. Garcia and Eduardo B. Peralta, Jr. [3] Id. at 32-33. [4] Id. at 5. [5] Id. at 6. [6] Id. at 5. [7] Id. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/65992 11/13