Script: Hearing on Petition for Correction of Entries in Birth Certificate

Friday, June 19, 2015

RTC Branch ____, Cebu City
ENTER APPEARANCE
Atty. _____________________ appearing for the petitioner in this case Your Honor. We are
ready to prove the jurisdictional facts.
PROVING OF JURISDICTIONAL FACTS
May it please the court.
Id like to ask the court to mark the following exhibits proving compliance with the
jurisdictional requirements:
Exhibit A Petition for Change of Name of _________________ to __________________
and Correction of Entry in Certificate of Birth, consisting of six (6) pages;
Exhibit A-1 Petitioners signature in the Verification and Certification of Non-Forum
Shopping;
Exhibit B Amended Order of the Court dated ___________________ giving due course
and setting the petition for hearing;
Exhibit B-1 Notice sent to Office of the Solicitor General;
Exhibit B-2 Notice of Appearance of the Solicitor General with Authority to the Office of
the City Prosecutor of Cebu City to appear in this case;
Exhibit B-3 Notice sent to Civil Registrar of Cebu City;
Exhibit B-4 Notice sent to the Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority
(formerly National Statistics Office)
Exhibit C Affidavit of publication of the Notice of Hearing, that it was published in three
(3) consecutive weeks specifically on___________________, which is not within 30 days prior to any
election nor within four (4) months before the hearing of this case;
Exhibit C-1 Newspaper clippings, 1st week;
Exhibit C-2 Newspaper clippings, 2nd week;
Exhibit C-3 Newspaper clippings, 3rd week.
We pray that said exhibits be admitted in evidence. Likewise we pray that we be allowed to
present additional evidences and this further reception of evidences be made before a courtappointed commissioner, Your Honor.