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Civil Law Question: VIII

Spouses Rex and Lea bore two children now aged 14 and 8. During the subsistence of their marriage, Rex begot a child by another woman. He is now 10 years of age.

On Lea’s discovery of Rex’s fathering a child by another woman, she filed a petition for legal separation which was granted.

Rex now wants to adopt his illegitimate child.

  1. Whose consent is needed for Rex’s adoption of his illegitimate child? (2.5%)

  2. If there was no legal separation, can Rex still adopt his illegitimate child? Explain. (2.5%)

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