Read with care. A court petition is no longer the only route to change a name. Republic Act No. 9048 (2001), as amended by Republic Act No. 10172 (2012), allows a change of first name or nickname, and correction of clerical or typographical errors, through an administrative petition with the local civil registrar. The judicial petition below remains the route for changes the administrative process does not cover, such as a change of surname.
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Sec. 3. Order for hearing. — If the petition filed is sufficient in form and substance, the court, by an order reciting the purpose of the petition, shall fix a date and place for the hearing thereof, and shall direct that a copy of the order be published before the hearing at least once a week for three successive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the province, as the court shall deem best. The date set for the hearing shall not be within thirty days prior to an election nor within four months after the last publication of the notice.
Rules of Court, Rule 103, Section 3. Reproduced verbatim and verified word-for-word against four independently published renderings of the Rules of Court — only text on which at least two independent publishers agree is shown.
About this section
This is Section 3 of Rule 103 (Change Of Name) of the Rules of Court of the Philippines — the Special Proceedings rules (Rules 72–109), in force since January 1, 1964. The text above is reproduced verbatim.
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