Page 121 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 170. The action to impugn the

legitimacy of the child shall be brought within

one year from the knowledge of the birth or its

recording in the civil register, if the husband or,

in a proper case, any of his heirs, should reside

in the city or municipality where the birth took

place or was recorded.

If the husband or, in his default, all of his heirs

do not reside at the place of birth as defined in

the first paragraph or where it was recorded, the

period shall be two years if they should reside

in the Philippines; and three years if abroad. If

the birth of the child has been concealed from

or was unknown to the husband or his heirs, the

period shall be counted from the discovery or

knowledge of the birth of the child or of the fact

of registration of said birth, whichever is earlier.

(263a)