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Family Code of the Philippines
Article 173Family Code, Art. 173
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Family Code of the Philippines
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The action to claim legitimacy may be brought by the child during his or her lifetime and shall be transmitted to the heirs should the child die during minority or in a state of insanity. In these cases, the heirs shall have a period of five years within which to institute the action.
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