Legal Forms: PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF MINOR

Two friends asked me, "Can I file a petition for adoption of my child?". I said, in filing a petition for adoption, there are two major things to consider: (1) Determine first if you are eligible as adopter, (2) Reasons for adopting the child. I would post the legal requirements sometime soon. The answers are mainly answerable by the Inter-country Adoption Act and Domestic Adoption Act. In the meantime, here is a simple form for Petition of Adoption of Minor.

PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF MINOR

      COMES NOW the petitioners, by the undersigned counsel, and unto this Honorable Court, respectfully aver:

      1. That the petitioners are husband and wife, both of legal age, and residents of _____________________________;

      2. That they have no legitimate children or descendants and hereby desire to jointly adopt a minor, named __________________, who is ___ years of age, legitimate child of _________________;

      3. That the father of said minor is now dead, and only her mother, named _____________, is alive;

      4. That said mother, _________________, is not insane, nor intemperate, nor has she abandoned such minor, and with full knowledge of petitioners' intention hereby expressly gives her written consent to the adoption, as evidenced by Annex "A" hereto attached and made an integral part of this petition;

      5. That the petitioners are qualified to adopt the said minor, and will be able financially and morally, to bring up and educate said minor, properly and adequately.

      WHEREFORE, it is respectfully prayed. that upon due notice and hearing:

      (a) Judgment be entered adjudging that the minor child______________be freed from all legal obligations of obedience and maintenance with respect to her natural parents and that she be declared to all legal intents and purposes, the child of the herein petitioners, and that her surname be changed to that of the petitioners.

      City of Manila, _______________________.

Counsel for the Petitioners
Atty.________
Address__
Date__
Attorney's Roll No.___
IBP No. ____
PTR. No.____
MCLE Compliance No.___

Voluntary Membership sa SSS at Philhealth

Simula nung nagwork-at-home ako, natigil na ang contributions ko sa SSS, Pag-ibig at Philhealth. Since gusto kong ipagpatuloy ang paghulog ko, nagpasya akong mag-voluntary member.

SSS

Dati akong employed at ngayon ay nagtra-trabaho at home o self-employed (kasi wala akong employer sa Pilipinas). So ganito ang ginawa ko. Pumunta ako sa SSS Makati, at humingi ng form for voluntary. Pwede ring magdownload sa website ng SSS at magbayad sa bangko. Kung kukuha ka ng form, bibigyan ka ng SSS ng 3 copies ng Form RS-5. Kung gusto mo naman magdownload na lang ng form RS-5, copy and paste this sa browser mo:
http://www.sss.gov.ph/sss/uploaded_images/forms/editable/RS-5_2008.pdf Fill-up-an ang form. Para sa amount ng contribution, copy and paste mo na lang to sa browser mo:
http://www.sss.gov.ph/sss/index2.jsp?secid=111&cat=2&pg=null

Medyo malaki ang pumatak sa contribution for me. Yung totoo, ang dapat na hulog ko ay P1560 a month, kaya lang medyo nalalakihan ako, kaya ginawa ko na lang P520/month.

Siguraduhin mong na-fill up-an lahat at napirmahan mo. Then magprint ka ng 3 copies. Tapos punta ka na sa bangko. Ako, mas pinili ko magbayad sa BPI, pero pwede rin sa ibang bangko. Pwede rin sa BDO.

Pwede kang magbayad quarterly, semi-annually, at annually.

Then, uwi ka na, itabi mo na ang form. Kailangang itabi mo ang form para maging reference at katunayan na naghulog ka.

PHILHEALTH

Sa Philhealth, hindi pwedeng basta na lang kumuha ng forms for voluntary at magbayad sa bangko. Kailangang pumili sa Philhealth Makati, sa Buendia rin para mag-update ng status. Nag-update ako ng status from Employed to Individually Paying. Kumuha ako ng form sa guard par mag-update ng status, finill-upan ko ang form, then pumila na ako. Mabilis naman natapos ang pila, about 15 minutes, kaya okay lang. Pagka-update ng record ko sa computer, binigyan ako nung nag-assist ng Philhealth Record ko. Sabi niya pwede akong magbayad sa bangko, pero para madali, dun na rin daw ako mismo magbayad.

Iba pa ang pila kapag magbabayad, pero yung nag-assist sa akin sa pag-update ng form, ibinigay na lang niya sa cashier nila yung form ko para di nako pumili. Nagbayad ako ng P300 para sa quarterly contribution. That was for the months of October, November and December 2010. Binigyan ako ng receipt.

So meron na akong Philhealth record, and receipt para dun sa binayaran ko. Of course, itinabi ko rin yun.

Ang susunod na bayad ko ay dapat hindi lalampas sa March 30, 2011 deadline.

Sa susunod, annually na ibabayad ko, so that's P1200 lang, para isang beses isang taon na lang ako pipila.

Gusto ko sanang kumuha ng Philhealth ID, kaya lang di ito available sa Makati Branch. Kailangan daw pumunta pa ako sa Pasig branch, sa main.