To anyone knowingly hiding, assisting, enabling, or remaining silent about the unlawful concealment of my son Adri’el Degillo Peterson — this message is for you.
You are no longer innocent. You are now informed. Your continued involvement, silence, or coordination from this point forward is a willful violation of Philippine law.
🔹 1. RA 7610 — Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act
Section 3(b):
“Child abuse” includes psychological and emotional maltreatment of children, including acts of omission or commission, which result in or are likely to result in emotional harm, disturbances of behavior, emotional development or mental functioning.
- Hiding a child from a loving parent causes long-term emotional harm.
- Conditioning a child to believe their father abandoned them is psychological abuse.
- Preventing all communication is an act of emotional sabotage.
🔹 2. PD 603 — Child and Youth Welfare Code
Article 17 — Right to Parental Care:
“Every child has the right to live in the company of his parents.”
Article 59 — Parental Responsibility:
“Whoever abducts or induces a child to abandon the home of his parents… shall be punished.”
- Children must not be removed from a stable parent without due process.
- Anyone who aids in this removal is equally guilty.
🔹 3. Family Code of the Philippines
Article 211 — Joint Parental Authority:
“The father and the mother shall jointly exercise parental authority over the persons of their common children.”
Article 213 — Custody in Case of Separation:
“No child under seven years of age shall be separated from the mother, unless the court finds compelling reasons to order otherwise.”
(⚠️ *Note: The “tender-age clause” was quietly reinserted and is not supported by official legislative amendment — this is under legal scrutiny.)
- No parent may unilaterally take full custody.
- Only a court can decide custody — not the mother, not the Barangay, and not DSWD.
🔹 4. Revised Penal Code
Article 270 — Kidnapping and Failure to Return a Minor:
“Any person who shall deliberately fail to restore the custody of a minor to his parents shall suffer the penalty of prision mayor.”
Article 271 — Inducement to Abandon Home:
“Any person who shall induce a minor to abandon the home of his parents or guardian shall suffer the penalty of prision correccional.”
- If you know where my son is and have not reported it, you are obstructing lawful custody.
🔹 5. Accessory and Conspiracy Provisions
Under the Revised Penal Code:
- Accessories to a crime are those who, having knowledge of the commission of the crime, take part subsequent to its commission by:
- Profiting from the effects of the crime;
- Concealing or destroying the body of the crime or the effects or instruments thereof;
- Harboring, concealing, or assisting in the escape of the principal.
You are no longer bystanders. If you are part of the concealment — you are part of the crime.
🔥 What This Means
If you:
- Know where Adri’el is but didn’t tell me
- Visited Anngeneth and saw him
- Lied to cover up his location
- Encouraged the concealment
- Coordinated with DSWD or Barangay to hide him without a court order
Then you are now legally exposed.
“A mother does not steal a child from a man she no longer cares about. She steals him from the one she knows will suffer — because it’s never been about the child’s well-being. It was always about control and revenge.”
Adri’el is not your pawn. He is not your revenge. He is not your property.
He is a soul — and you are damaging him.
📣 This is your warning
Now that you know, your continued silence or involvement can be included in future criminal complaints and media exposure. If you want to avoid this, the only moral and legal path is to tell the truth.
You have one chance to do right by a child before this goes further. Choose wisely.