The Supreme Court (SC) has maintained that in cases of adoption, the consent of the adopter’s legitimate children aged at least 10 years old is “indispensable.”
THE Supreme Court (SC) reiterated that the consent of adopter’s legitimate children who are at least 10 years old and above is necessary for a petition for adoption to prosper. In a 10-page decision penned by Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh, the Court’s Third Division denied the petition for…