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(Petition for Correction of Entries in Civil Registrar)

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PETITION

COMES NOW, Petitioner IRWIN SO ABRIGO, through the


undersigned counsel and to this Honorable Court, most
respectfully states:

1. That Petitioner IRWIN SO ABRIGO is a Filipino, male, of


legal age, married, and a resident of Blk 11, Lot 7,
Morning Mist Village, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City,
Philippines. For purposes of this petition, petitioner may
be served with all notices, orders, and other processes
thru the office address of the undersigned counsel
indicated below;

2. Petitioner was born out of wedlock on September 18, 1970


in the City of Tacloban as the son of Concordia So Abrigo.
However, the father Romulo Diez, although appearing in
the certificate of birth, did not recognize the petitioner as
his own;

3. When petitioner's birth was registered with the Office of


the Civil Registrar of Tacloban City, the data for
registration were supplied only by the attending physician,
Dr. Priscilla Ragrag, who was also the signatory of
Petitioner's Birth Certificate, thus causing inadvertence
and unintentional ERRORS;

4. Petitioner's first name was not registered because at the


time Petitioner's birth was registered by the afore-named
attending physician, Petitioner's parents were still
undecided about what name they would give to Petitioner
or that they failed to communicate the name they have
given to the Petitioner to the said attending physician.
Thus, the name registered and appearing in the
petitioner’s certificate of live birth is only “ABRIGO-DIEZ”
and without any given first name;

5. The intended First or Given Name of the Petitioner is


"IRWIN". Thus, Petitioner grew up being called "IRWIN" by
his mother and the people around him;
6. Moreover, the petitioner has been using the full name
“IRWIN SO ABRIGO” since his childhood years as evidence
by the Certificate of Baptism1 issued by the Archdiocese of
Palo, Sto. Nino Parish, Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines;

7. Petitioner likewise used the name “IRWIN SO ABRIGO” in


all of his school records since he attended elementary
education in Rizal Central School until he graduated2 in
Leyte Institute Technology, Tacloban City3;

8. Further, Petitioner still uses the said first name in all of his
business and official transactions, identifications and
records, like in his records with Land Transportation
Office (LTO) 4 , National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 5 ,
(MAS MAAYO KUNG DUGANGAN OG UBAN
GOVERNMENT RECORDS: GSIS, SSS, COMELEC, ETC);

9. As such, Petitioner prays that the first name “IRWIN” will


be supplemented recorded in the Civil Registry of Tacloban
City and that the Middle and Family Name be corrected
and/or changed to “SO” and “ABRIGO”, respectively;

PRAYER

WHEREFORE, it is most respectfully prayed of this


Honorable Court that an order be issued directing the Local
Civil Registrar of the City of Tacloban to make the following
corrections and/or changes in the entries in the Civil Registry
and in the Birth Certificate of the Petitioner, viz.:

1. The entry on Petitioner's First Name which should be


supplemented with "IRWIN";

2. The entry on Petitioner's Middle Name should be corrected


and/or changed to "SO"; and

1
Annex “A” – Copy of the Certificate of Baptism
2
Annex “B” – Copy of the Diploma
3
Annex “C” – Copy of the Transcript of Records
4
Annex “D” – Copy of Professional Driver’s License
5
Annex “E” – Copy of NBI Certificate
3. The entry on Petitioner's Family Name should be corrected
and/or changed to "ABRIGO".

Other reliefs just and equitable are likewise prayed for.

Respectfully submitted. March 3, 2019

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines

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