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Mary Grace Natividad S. Poe-Llamanzares (petitioner) was foundabandoned as a newborn infant in te Paris !urc of "aro# $loilo by acertain %d&ardo Militar (%d&ardo) on ' September *+. Parental care andcustody over petitioner was passed on by %d&ardo to is relatives# %milianoMilitar (%miliano) and is wife. ,ree days after# * September *+# %milianoreported and re&istered petitioner as a foundlin& wit te ffice of te !ivile&istrar of $loilo !ity (!-$loilo). $n er /oundlin& !ertificate and !ertificateof Live 0irt# te petitioner was &iven te name 1Mary GraceNatividad !ontreras Militar.1

2en petitioner was five (3) years old# celebrity spouses onald 4llan5elley Poe (a.6.a. /enando Poe# "r.) and "esusa Sonora Poe (a.6.a. Susanoces) filed a petition for er adoption wit te Municipal ,rial !ourt (M,!) ofSan "uan !ity. n ' May 78# te trial court &ranted teir petition andordered tat petitioner9s name be can&ed from 1Mary Grace Natividad!ontreras Militar1 to 1Mary Grace Natividad Sonora Poe.1

:avin& reaced te a&e of ei&teen (+) years in +*# petitionerre&istered as a voter wit te local !M%L%! ffice in San "uan !ity. n' ;ecember +*# se received er !M%L%! uently# on 3 4pril' and May +# se renewed er Pilippine passport and respectivelysecured Pilippine Passport Nos. L++3 and ;;3***.

$nitially# te petitioner enrolled and pursued a de&ree in ;evelopmentStudies at te ?niversity of te Pilippines but se opted to continue erstudies abroad and left for te ?nited States of 4merica (?.S.) in ++.Petitioner &raduated in from 0oston !olle&e in !estnuts :ill#Massacusetts were se earned er 0acelor of 4rts de&ree in PoliticalStudies.

n =7 "uly # petitioner married ,eodoro Misael ;aniel

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n + ctober =@@# petitioner became a naturalized 4merican citizen.

Se obtained ?.S. Passport No. @7@'77' on ;ecember =@@.

n + 4pril =@@8# te petitioner came bac6 to te Pilippines to&eterwit :anna to support er fater9s candidacy for President in te May =@@8

elections. $t was durin& tis time tat se &ave birt to er youn&est dau&ter  4ni6a. Se returned to te ?.S. wit er two dau&ters on + "uly =@@8. 4fter afew monts# specifically on ' ;ecember =@@8# petitioner  rused bac6 to tePilippines upon learnin& of er fater9s deterioratin& medical condition. :erfater slipped into a coma and eventually eApired. ,e petitioner stayed in tecountry until ' /ebruary =@@3 to ta6e care of er  fater9s funeral arran&ementsas well as to assist in te settlement of is estate.

n =8 May =@@3# petitioner returned to te Pilippines and was issued a,aA $dentification Number (,$N) by te 0ureau of $nternal evenue on == "uly=@@3. :er tree (') cildren immediately followed wile er usband wasforced to stay in te ?.S. to complete pendin& proBects as well as to arran&ete sale of teir family ome tere.

n 7 "uly =@@*# petitioner too6 er at of 4lle&iance to te epublic of te Pilippines pursuant to epublic 4ct (.4.) No. ==3 or te !itizensipetention and e-ac>uisition 4ct of =@@'. ?nder te same 4ct# se filed witte 0ureau of $mmi&ration (0$) a sworn petition to reac>uire Pilippinecitizensip to&eter wit petitions for derivative citizensip on bealf of er

tree minor cildren on @ "uly =@@*.

 4s can be &atered from its + "uly =@@* rder# te 0$ acted favorablyon petitioner9s petitions and declared tat se is deemed to ave reac>uireder Pilippine citizensip wile er cildren are considered as citizens of tePilippines.

!onse>uently# te 0$ issued $dentification !ertificates ($!s) inpetitioner9s name and in te names of er tree (') cildren. 4&ain# petitionerre&istered as a voter of Barangay Santa Lucia# San "uan !ity on ' 4u&ust

=@@*. Se also secured from te ;/4 a new Pilippine Passport bearin& teNo. CC87' wic se renewed on + Marc =@8.

n * ctober =@@# President 0eni&no S. 4>uino $$$ appointed petitioner as !airperson of te Movie and ,elevision eview and !lassification 0oard(M,!0). 0efore assumin& er post# petitioner eAecuted an 14ffidavit ofenunciation of 4lle&iance to te ?nited States of 4merica and enunciation

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of 4merican !itizensip1 before a notary public in Pasi& !ity on =@ ctober=@@# in satisfaction of te le&al re>uisites stated in Section 3 of .4. No.==3. ,e followin& day# = ctober =@@ petitioner submitted te saidaffidavit to te 0$ and too6 er oat of office as !airperson of te M,!0.  /rom ten on# petitioner stopped usin& er   4merican passport.

n = "uly =@# te petitioner eAecuted before te uestionnairebefore te ?.S. uisin& er 4merican citizensip.

n ;ecember =@# te ?.S.