6/30/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly foreign judgment or final order require only proof of fact of such foreign judgment or final order. Furthermore, the recognition of the foreign judgment of adoption is a subsequent event that establishes a new status, right, and fact affecting petitioner. If duly proven, the foreign judgment needs to be reflected in the Philippine civil registry. WHEREFORE, the petition is GRANTED. The Orders dated November 21, 2013 and April 23, 2014 of Branch 192, Regional Trial Court, Marikina City in JDRC Case No. 2013-2279-MK are REVERSED and SET ASIDE. The Regional Trial Court is ORDERED to REINSTATE the petition for further proceedings in accordance with this Decision. SO ORDERED. Perlas-Bernabe, Senior Associate Justice, (Chairperson), Hernando, and Delos Santos, JJ., concur. Baltazar-Padilla, J., on leave. [1] Rollo, pp. 10-19. [2] Id. at 21-22; penned by Judge Geraldine C. Fiel-Macaraig. [3] Id. at 31-33. [4] See petitioner's Certificate of Live Birth, id. at 35. [5] See Marriage Contract dated December 29, 1987, id. at 37. [6] Id. at 36. [7] See Certificate of Acceptance of Notification of Divorce (Report of Divorce) dated June 29, 2001, id. at 38. [8] See Certificate of Marriage dated December 26, 2002, id. at 39. [9] Id. at 41-42, 43-45. [10] Id. at 40. [11] Id. at 31-33. [12] Id. at 46. [13] Id. at 50-63. [14] Id. at 53-55. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66689 10/13