Article 179. Legitimated children shall enjoy the same rights as legitimate children. (272a)

     Legitimated children shall have the same status and rights of legitimate children, and with such rights enjoyed as of the time of their birth. 

Effects of Legitimation: 

a) the right to bear the surname of their father; 

b) the right to receive support from their parents, their ascendants, brothers and sisters; 

c) the right to the legitime and other successional rights. 




Reference: 
Family Code of the Philippines by Albano