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1) Claude and Jumrus Miller, American citizens residing in the Philippines, filed a petition on July 29, 1988 to adopt Michael Madayag, a Filipino child who had been in their custody since 1987. 2) Under the law at the time, the Child and Youth Welfare Code, aliens were allowed to adopt. However, the Family Code, enacted on August 3, 1988, prohibited alien adoption. 3) The Supreme Court ruled that since the adoption petition was filed before the new law took effect, the Millers had acquired vested rights

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