RA 386 (Civil Code of the Philippines) Article 268

Article 268

ART. 268. The action to claim his legitimacy may be brought by the child during all his lifetime, and shall be transmitted to his heirs if he should die during his minority or in a state of insanity. In these cases the heirs shall have a period of five years within which to institute the action. The action already commenced by the child is transmitted upon his death to the heirs, if the proceeding has not yet lapsed. (118)

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