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CA and Wong
G.R. No. 97906 ll May 21, 1992 ll Regalado, J.
286 332
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KEYWORDS:
FACTS:
- Maximo Wong is the legitimate son of MaximoAlcala
Sr. and Segundina Alcala.- When he was two and a half
years old andthen known as Maximo Alcala Jr. and his
sisterMargaret Alcala, was then nine years old,
theywere, with the consent of their natural parentsand
order of the court, adopted by spousesHoong Wong and
Concepcion Ty Wong, bothnaturalized Filipinos. They
decided to adopt thechildren as they remained
childless after fifteenyears if marriage.- Upon reaching
the age twenty-two, hereinprivate respondent, filed a
petition to changehis name to Maximo Alcala Jr. It was
averredthat his use of the surname Wong
embarrassedand isolated him from his relatives and
friends,as the name suggest a Chinese ancestry when
intruth and in fact he is a Muslim Filipino residingin a
Muslim community, and he wants to eraseany
implication whatsoever of alien nationality;that he is
being ridiculed for carrying a Chinesesurname, thus
hampering his business andsocial life; and that his
adoptive mother doesnot oppose his desire to revert to
his formersurname.
ISSUE:
WON the reasons given by private respondentin his
petition for change of name are valid,sufficient, and
proper to warrant the granting of said petition
RULING: