Family Code of the Philippines
Family Code of the Philippines
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Unless subsequently revived by a final judgment, parental authority also terminates:(1) Upon adoption of the child;(2) Upon appointment of a general guardian;(3) Upon judicial declaration of abandonment of the child in a case filed for the purpose; (4) Upon final judgment of a competent court divesting the party concerned of parental authority; or (5) Upon judicial declaration of absence or incapacity of the person exercising parental authority. (327a)
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