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Question 6
6. With the express consent of their respective parents, Jaime and Cathy, both 21
years old, decided to get married in a destination wedding in Boracay on
Valentine’s Day 2022. The older brother and sister-in-law of Jaime were on their
way home from the wedding on board a boat when it sank, leaving their 8-year-
old son, Cesar, orphaned. Grief-stricken, Jaime and Cathy now want to adopt
Cesar and raise him as their own. Are they qualified under the law to adopt
Cesar? Explain your answer.
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