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2013-09-11 |
VILLARAMA, JR., J. |
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| Petitioner's reliance on our ruling in Lim v. Court of Appeals[36] is misplaced. In the said case, the handwritten letters of petitioner contained a clear admission that he is the father of private respondent's daughter and were signed by him. The Court therein considered the totality of evidence which established beyond reasonable doubt that petitioner was indeed the father of private respondent's daughter. On the other hand, in Ilano v. Court of Appeals,[37] the Court sustained the appellate court's finding that private respondent's evidence to establish her filiation with and paternity of petitioner was overwhelming, particularly the latter's public acknowledgment of his amorous relationship with private respondent's mother, and private respondent as his own child through acts and words, her testimonial evidence to that effect was fully supported by documentary evidence. The Court thus ruled that respondent had adduced sufficient proof of continuous possession of status of a spurious child. | |||||