Wills and Succession

Legal or Intestate Succession

General Provisions When does Intestate Succession takes place? (Art 960) If the person dies without a will, or with a void will, or one which has subsequently lost its validity; When the will does not institute a heir to, or dispose of all the property belonging to the testator. Legal Succession shall take place onlyContinue reading “Legal or Intestate Succession”

Wills and Succession

Wills and Succession Atty. Marietta Turingan Reference: Jottings and Jurisprudence in Civil Law (Succession) by Ruben Balane New Civil Code of the Philippines General Provision Testamentary Succession Legal or Intestate Succession Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Succession Partition and Distribution of Estate

Wills and Succession: General Provision

Wills and Succession Reference: Title IV. – Succession, New Civil Code of the Philippines General Provisions Art. 774-783 Definition of Succession – Art. 774 Art. 774. Succession is a mode of acquisition by virtue of which the property, rights and obligation to the extent of the value of the inheritance, of a person are transmittedContinue reading “Wills and Succession: General Provision”