I've just checked with my sibling; the annulment is a civil annulment not a religious annulment. It's an annulment because there is no divorce in the philippines.
The cert of finality document was issued from the supreme court regional trial court of the lanao del lorte 12th judicial region branch 2 family court of the city of iligan, dated february 2006.(all forms are in english)
No-one in the registrars office seems to know exactly what to do. They're saying that the registration can't take place because they see the ex-husband as the father as she's still considered married. (i wonder if this is because they think "annulment" only means a religious one??)
They've told him he (my brother) has to get guardianship of the baby first. So they both signed the guardianship statutory declaration today in front of solicitor/commissioner of oaths and he's now been told they both have to turn up at the district court with the said declaration.
However, I see nothing on the citizens information site to indicate that they also need to go to the district court as they have both signed the statutory declaration. The cit. info. site would indicate that the court visit is only necessary if the mother doesn't agree to the joint guardianship. Is that the case?
Also, the cit. info site section on birth registration says "It is also possible to enter the father's details if the mother is married to someone else." - so even if her civil annulment is not being recognised surely my brother can still be listed as the father?
Even more bizarrely, when my brother asked today if he wasn't in the picture would his partner be able to register the birth, he was told no. Surely this can't be right?
I have a suspicion that the various people he's been talking to are ill-informed - in general he says, they're anxious to pass him on to someone else.
BTW - I'm doing the posting here as he doesnt have access to the net at the moment so apologies for the third hand reporting.