The stated purpose of this law blog or blawg is to disseminate legal information for the general public (at the very least, those with internet access), in a manner consistent with the plain language initiative. We don’t pretend that such coverage is extensive, as the internet penetration index of the Philippines is admittedly low. Nevertheless, we have to start somewhere.
You may have noticed that a Forum user must now be registered and logged in to comment. We’re constrained to do this because of the barrage of spam coming in lately (yes, there are spam comments, not only spam emails). You may have also noticed that all registered users have been “promoted” or upgraded from “subscriber” to “contributor”, which means that anyone can now write and submit an article for posting in this site. Here’s the deal:
A contributor may write and submit articles, but the moderators must still review the article for posting. A contributor cannot directly publish a post. The moderators have absolute discretion to approve, edit, revise, reject or publish an article. Please don’t take this personally; this is meant to retain the integrity of The Forum.
We don’t have a set of specific guidelines, and, hopefully, we won’t need one. Still, there are rules to live by, foremost of which is this – no legal advice is and must be given. Articles and comments must be limited to legal information.
After a few submissions, a contributor status may be upgraded to “author”, the latter having the prerogative to publish articles without moderator approval. There will be some exceptions, of course.
So, if that’s fair enough, then please join us in this modest endeavor of making the law less alien to the general public. It will be greatly appreciated by everyone.
By the way, every registered user is part of the e-group (legal_forum@yahoogroups.com). Thank you.
Added: The immediate influx of user registration is heartwarming. May I request for a backgrounder on each user through the “About the User” portion of your profile. You can also add this information at the bottom of the submitted post. Again, thank you.
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Dexter,
Thank you very much for the submission…I believe it’s already posted. Kindly include a statement in your second post that it’s the product of your own research, so that it could properly be attributed to you. One more thing, maybe you would want to add something to the write-up at the contributors’ page. More power!
Atty. Fred,
I’m Dexter Pante, currently 2nd year law student at San Beda College.
May I know how to upload the bar questions and their answers which I personally researched?
When I saved it, I did not see it published. It was still in draft mode. May I know it the said article still needs the moderator/administrators approval and review?
Thanks and more power.
Dexter Pante
Dear Atty. Fred,
Thanks for the information. I already did as suggested. BTW, you forgot to answer whether contributions need approval from moderator/administrator. I assume that it does so as to maintain and uphold the correctness, integrity and validity of legal information published here.
Dexter
Dex, we presume that when an author submits an article, he/she already verified its correctness. I, for one, would not want my articles to be riddled with errors.
We also presume that readers, many of whom are well-informed about the law, would point out any errors. We also expect the author to defend his/her position or admit the mistake, as the case may be. We must point out that admitting the mistake is not at all bad, as this Forum welcomes free (and respectful) debate and positive criticism.
Good day. I would like to share something which concern me a lot although there is no problem encountered yet as of now. I have a half brother. He was adopted when he was adopted by a childless couple who were now both dead. There was no formal adoption paper which was executed. He was now using the name given by his supposed adopting parents. However, previously he was registered with another name by his biological mother before he was adopted. The couple who adopted him also had him registered using the family name of the couple in another place. In my opinion, the name that should be used by him is the name registered by his biological mother. What would be the effect of this double registration on his legal transactions? What would be the remedy to cure this defect?
Another concern is with respect to the properties of the adopting parents. My half brother had executed an affidavit claiming that he is the child of the deceased couple and that there is no other heir. With that, he had already sold the properties of the couple. Now, the siblings of the couple claim that they have the right to the properties, but there is still no litigation. What would be the possible implication if the case of the siblings of the couple would push through? Thank you..