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Mary Grace Natividad S. Poe-Llamanzares G.R. No. 221697 March 8, 2016

Grace Poe-Llamanzares filed for certiorari against COMELEC when they denied her candidacy for President, as she had been living in the Philippines for nearly 11 years and had renounced her American citizenship. COMELEC denied her candidacy because she was a foundling and her biological parents could not be proven as Filipinos. However, the Supreme Court ruled that when Poe was legally adopted, it severed ties to her biological parents, so she could rightfully claim her adoptive parents as her birth parents, fulfilling residency and citizenship requirements to qualify for the presidency.

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Mary Grace Natividad S. Poe-Llamanzares G.R. No. 221697 March 8, 2016

Grace Poe-Llamanzares filed for certiorari against COMELEC when they denied her candidacy for President, as she had been living in the Philippines for nearly 11 years and had renounced her American citizenship. COMELEC denied her candidacy because she was a foundling and her biological parents could not be proven as Filipinos. However, the Supreme Court ruled that when Poe was legally adopted, it severed ties to her biological parents, so she could rightfully claim her adoptive parents as her birth parents, fulfilling residency and citizenship requirements to qualify for the presidency.

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MARY GRACE NATIVIDAD S.

POE-LLAMANZARES
G.R. No. 221697
March 8, 2016

Facts: 
The petitioner Grace Poe-Llamanzares filed for certiorari against COMELEC when the latter
denied her candidacy for President. Poe-Llamanzares wanted to stress out that she had been
living in the Philippines for 10 years and 11 months and she and her family have renounced their
American citizenship. The COMELEC reasons for denying her candidacy was that she was
foundling and that her biological parents cannot be proved as Filipinos. COMELEC also pointed
out that Poe was required to include the name of her biological parents which are precisely
unknown. 

Issue: 
Is Poe-Llamanzares qualified for her Presidential candidacy?
Ruling:
Yes, she is qualified. When she was legally adopted by her adoptive parents, it has already
severed all the legal ties between her, and her biological parents and the law therefore allows the
petitioner to state that her adoptive parents were her birth parents. Therefore, the court reversed
the decision of COMELEC and declared her qualification for Presidential candidacy. 

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