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AN ACT REQUIRING CERTIFICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT TO DECLARE A 'CHILD LEGALLY AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION' AS A PREREQUISITE FOR ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8552, ALSO KNOWN AS THE DOMESTIC ADOPTION LAW, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8043, ALSO KNOWN AS THE INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION ACT AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 603, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE CODE
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DSWD TO DECLARE A CHILD LEGALLY AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION
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September 24, 2007
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25
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72
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Entitled: AN ACT REQUIRING CERTIFICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT TO DECLARE A 'CHILD LEGALLY AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION' AS A PREREQUISITE FOR ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8552, ALSO KNOWN AS THE DOMESTIC ADOPTION LAW, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8043, ALSO KNOWN AS THE INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION ACT AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 603, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE CODE [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 14TH CONGRESS ] [ 2007 ] 9/24/2007 Introduced by Senator MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO; 9/25/2007 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS; [ 2008 ] 6/10/2008 Returned and submitted by the Committee on YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS per Committee Report No. 72, recommending that it be substituted by SBN-2391; 6/11/2008 Committee Report calendared for Ordinary Business; 6/11/2008 SUBSTITUTED BY SBN-2391, WHICH BECAME R.A.NO. 9523.