Section 13Sec./Art. 13

Petition for CDCLAA. The petition shall be in the form of an affidavit, subscribed and sworn to before any person authorized by law to administer oaths.

It shall contain facts necessary to establish the merits of the petition and shall state the circumstances surrounding the abandonment, neglect, voluntary commitment of the child, or discovery of the foundling.

The petition shall be supported by the following documents:

(a) Social case study report made by the RACCO, LGU, licensed or accredited child-caring or child-placing agency or institution charged with the custody of the child;

(b) Proof that efforts were made to locate the parents or any known relatives of the child. The following shall be considered sufficient;

(1) Written certification from a local or national radio or television station that the case was aired on three (3) different occasions;

(2) Publication in one (1) newspaper of general circulation to be shouldered by the petitioner: Provided, That publication can be dispensed with in the case of step-parent and relative adoption;

(3) Police report or barangay certification from the locality where the child was found, or a certified copy of tracing report issued by the Philippine Red Cross national headquarters (NHQ) or social service division, which states that despite due diligence, the childs parents could not be found;

(4) Returned registered mail to the last known address of the parents or known relatives, if any; or in the case of a voluntarily committed child, the DVC signed by the biological parent;

(5) Birth certificate, if available; and

(6) Recent photograph of the child and photograph of the child upon abandonment or admission to the agency or institution.