Tanging ang ina lang dapat ang may kustodiya.
“Family Code, Article 176. Illegitimate children shall use the surname and shall be under the parental authority of their mother, and shall be entitled to support in conformity with this Code. The legitime of each illegitimate child shall consist of one-half of the legitime of a legitimate child.”
Mothers of illegitimate children “are entitled to the sole parental authority of their illegitimate children (such as Queenie), notwithstanding the father’s recognition of the child. In the exercise of that authority, mothers are consequently entitled to keep their illegitimate children in their company, and the Court will not deprive them of custody, absent any imperative cause showing the mother’s unfitness to exercise such authority and care.”