Registration of Foundling

       Foundling is a deserted or abandoned infant or a child found, with parents, guardian, or relatives being unknown, or a child committed in an orphanage or charitable or similar institution with unknown facts of birth and parentage.

Reglementary Period and Place of Registration.

       Registration of the foundling in the Office of the Civil Registrar of the city/ municipality where the child was found shall be made by the finder/ charitable institution within thirty (30) days from the date of the finding/ commitment of the child.

       Any report made after the 30-day period shall be considered late, and the concerned party shall be required to state in a sworn statement the circumstances that caused the late reporting to the civil registrar.

Persons Responsible to Report the Event

       Immediately after finding a foundling, the finder shall report the case to the barangay captain of the place where the foundling was found, or to the police headquarters, whichever is nearer or convenient to the finder. When the report is duly noted either by the barangay captain or by the police authority, the finder shall commit the child to the care of the Department of Social Welfare and Development or to a duly licensed orphanage or charitable or similar institution. Upon commitment, the finder shall give to the charitable institution his copy of the Certificate of Foundling, if he had registered the foundling.

       In the case the Finder is awarded the custody of the foundling by the proper authority, he shall give a name for the child and shall report the same to the civil registrar of the city or municipality where the child was found. Otherwise, the giving of name to the child and its registration as foundling shall be the responsibility of the Department of Social Welfare and Development or of the orphanage or charitable institution where the child was committed.

Requirements for Registration of Foundling

• Certificate of Foundling (OCRG Form No. 101, Revised January 1993) accomplished correctly and completely.

• Affidavit of the finder stating the facts and circumstances surrounding the finding of the child, and the facts that the foundling has been reported to the barangay captain or to the police authority, as the case may be; and

• Certification of the barangay captain or police authority regarding the report made by no one has claimed the child or no one has reported a missing child whose description mat be the same as the foundling as of the date of the certification.

Number of Copies to be Accomplished for Distribution

       It shall be the duty of the person concerned to accomplish and send three (3) copies of the Certificate of Foundling to the Civil Registrar for registration. After registration, the civil registrar shall distribute copies of the certificate bearing the civil registry number within five (5) days from receipt thereof as follows: first copy to the registrant; second copy to the Office of the Civil Registrar General; and third copy shall be retained for his file.

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