Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
those of the following degree shall inherit in their own right __________________________________________________
and cannot represent the person or persons repudiating the __________________________________________________
inheritance. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
3. Capacity to Succeed __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1024. Persons not incapacitated by law may succeed __________________________________________________
by will or ab intestato. __________________________________________________
The provisions relating to incapacity by will are equally __________________________________________________
applicable to intestate succession. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
a. Determination __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1034. In order to judge the capacity of the heir, __________________________________________________
devisee or legatee, his qualification at the time of the death of __________________________________________________
the decedent shall be the criterion. __________________________________________________
In cases falling under Nos. 2, 3, or 5 of Article 1032, it __________________________________________________
shall be necessary to wait until final judgment is rendered, and __________________________________________________
in the case falling under No. 4, the expiration of the month __________________________________________________
allowed for the report. __________________________________________________
If the institution, devise or legacy should be conditional, __________________________________________________
the time of the compliance with the condition shall also be __________________________________________________
considered. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1039. Capacity to succeed is governed by the law of __________________________________________________
the nation of the decedent. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 16(2). However, intestate and testamentary __________________________________________________
successions, both with respect to the order of succession and __________________________________________________
to the amount of successional rights and to the intrinsic __________________________________________________
validity of testamentary provisions, shall be regulated by the __________________________________________________
national law of the person whose succession is under __________________________________________________
consideration, whatever may be the nature of the property and __________________________________________________
regardless of the country wherein said property may be found. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
b. Who may succeed? __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Parish Priest of Victoria v. Rigor __________________________________________________
89 SCRA 493 __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
- In order to be capacitated to inherit, the heir, devisee __________________________________________________
or legatee must be living at the moment the __________________________________________________
succession opens, except in case of representation, __________________________________________________
when it is proper. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1024. Persons not incapacitated by law may succeed __________________________________________________
by will or ab intestato. __________________________________________________
The provisions relating to incapacity by will are equally __________________________________________________
applicable to intestate succession. (744, 914) __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1027. The following are incapable of succeeding: __________________________________________________
(1) The priest who heard the confession of the testator __________________________________________________
during his last illness, or the minister of the gospel who __________________________________________________
extended spiritual aid to him during the same period; __________________________________________________
(2) The relatives of such priest or minister of the gospel __________________________________________________
within the fourth degree, the church, order, chapter, __________________________________________________
community, organization, or institution to which such priest or __________________________________________________
minister may belong; __________________________________________________
(3) A guardian with respect to testamentary dispositions __________________________________________________
given by a ward in his favor before the final accounts of the __________________________________________________
guardianship have been approved, even if the testator should __________________________________________________
die after the approval thereof; nevertheless, any provision __________________________________________________
made by the ward in favor of the guardian when the latter is __________________________________________________
his ascendant, descendant, brother, sister, or spouse, shall be __________________________________________________
valid; __________________________________________________
(4) Any attesting witness to the execution of a will, the __________________________________________________
spouse, parents, or children, or any one claiming under such __________________________________________________
witness, spouse, parents, or children; __________________________________________________
(5) Any physician, surgeon, nurse, health officer or __________________________________________________
druggist who took care of the testator during his last illness; __________________________________________________
(6) Individuals, associations and corporations not __________________________________________________
permitted by law to inherit. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1028. The prohibitions mentioned in article 739, __________________________________________________
concerning donations inter vivos shall apply to testamentary __________________________________________________
provisions. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1031. A testamentary provision in favor of a __________________________________________________
disqualified person, even though made under the guise of an __________________________________________________
onerous contract, or made through an intermediary, shall be __________________________________________________
void. (755) __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1032. The following are incapable of succeeding by __________________________________________________
reason of unworthiness: __________________________________________________
(1) Parents who have abandoned their children or induced __________________________________________________
their daughters to lead a corrupt or immoral life, or attempted __________________________________________________
against their virtue; __________________________________________________
(2) Any person who has been convicted of an attempt __________________________________________________
against the life of the testator, his or her spouse, descendants, __________________________________________________
or ascendants; __________________________________________________
(3) Any person who has accused the testator of a crime __________________________________________________
for which the law prescribes imprisonment for six years or __________________________________________________
more, if the accusation has been found groundless; __________________________________________________
(4) Any heir of full age who, having knowledge of the __________________________________________________
violent death of the testator, should fail to report it to an __________________________________________________
officer of the law within a month, unless the authorities have __________________________________________________
already taken action; this prohibition shall not apply to cases __________________________________________________
wherein, according to law, there is no obligation to make an __________________________________________________
accusation; __________________________________________________
(5) Any person convicted of adultery or concubinage with __________________________________________________
the spouse of the testator; __________________________________________________
(6) Any person who by fraud, violence, intimidation, or __________________________________________________
undue influence should cause the testator to make a will or to __________________________________________________
change one already made; __________________________________________________
(7) Any person who by the same means prevents another __________________________________________________
from making a will, or from revoking one already made, or __________________________________________________
who supplants, conceals, or alters the latter's will; __________________________________________________
(8) Any person who falsifies or forges a supposed will of __________________________________________________
the decedent. (756, 673, 674a) __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1033. The cause of unworthiness shall be without __________________________________________________
effect if the testator had knowledge thereof at the time he __________________________________________________
made the will, or if, having known of them subsequently, he __________________________________________________
should condone them in writing. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 990. The hereditary rights granted by the two __________________________________________________
preceding articles to illegitimate children shall be transmitted __________________________________________________
upon their death to their descendants, who shall inherit by __________________________________________________
right of representation from their deceased grandparent. (941a) __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 991. If legitimate ascendants are left, the illegitimate __________________________________________________
children shall divide the inheritance with them, taking one-half __________________________________________________
of the estate, whatever be the number of the ascendants or of __________________________________________________
the illegitimate children. (942-841a) __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 992. An illegitimate child has no right to inherit __________________________________________________
abintestato from the legitimate children and relatives of his __________________________________________________
father or mother; nor shall such children or relatives inherit in __________________________________________________
the same manner from the illegitimate child. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
d. Effect of alienations by the excluded heir __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1036. Alienations of hereditary property, and acts of __________________________________________________
administration performed by the excluded heir, before the __________________________________________________
judicial order of exclusion, are valid as to the third persons __________________________________________________
who acted in good faith; but the co-heirs shall have a right to __________________________________________________
recover damages from the disqualified heir. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
e. Rights of the excluded heir __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1035. If the person excluded from the inheritance by __________________________________________________
reason of incapacity should be a child or descendant of the __________________________________________________
decedent and should have children or descendants, the latter __________________________________________________
shall acquire his right to the legitime. __________________________________________________
The person so excluded shall not enjoy the usufruct and __________________________________________________
administration of the property thus inherited by his children. ________________________________________________
is not liable beyond the value of the property he received from __________________________________________________
the decedent. __________________________________________________
If a contract should contain some stipulation in favor of a __________________________________________________
third person, he may demand its fulfillment provided he __________________________________________________
communicated his acceptance to the obligor before its __________________________________________________
revocation. A mere incidental benefit or interest of a person is __________________________________________________
not sufficient. The contracting parties must have clearly and __________________________________________________
deliberately conferred a favor upon a third person. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1429. When a testate or intestate heir voluntarily __________________________________________________
pays a debt of the decedent exceeding the value of the __________________________________________________
property which he received by will or by the law of intestacy __________________________________________________
from the estate of the deceased, the payment is valid and __________________________________________________
cannot be rescinded by the payer. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1178. Subject to the laws, all rights acquired in __________________________________________________
virtue of an obligation are transmissible, if there has been no __________________________________________________
stipulation to the contrary. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 1347. All things which are not outside the commerce __________________________________________________
of men, including future things, may be the object of a __________________________________________________
contract. All rights which are not intransmissible may also be __________________________________________________
the object of contracts. __________________________________________________
No contract may be entered into upon future inheritance __________________________________________________
except in cases expressly authorized by law. __________________________________________________
All services which are not contrary to law, morals, good __________________________________________________
customs, public order or public policy may likewise be the __________________________________________________
object of a contract. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
(Revised Penal Code) Art. 108. Obligation to make __________________________________________________
restoration, reparation for damages, or indemnification for __________________________________________________
consequential damages and actions to demand the same; Upon __________________________________________________
whom it devolves. The obligation to make restoration or __________________________________________________
reparation for damages and indemnification for consequential __________________________________________________
damages devolves upon the heirs of the person liable. __________________________________________________
The action to demand restoration, reparation, and __________________________________________________
indemnification likewise descends to the heirs of the person __________________________________________________
injured. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Reyes v. CA __________________________________________________
S.C. L-5620 July 31, 1954 __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
- If the contract is void, the property still forms part of __________________________________________________
the inheritance in order not to prejudice the heir. __________________________________________________
- The natural children of the deceased in this case are __________________________________________________
questioning the intrinsic validity of the will on the __________________________________________________
ground that his compulsory heir cannot be one, as __________________________________________________
theirs was an illicit relationship. SC held that as a ________________________________________________
general rule, courts in probate proceedings are
All services which are not contrary to law, morals, good __________________________________________________
customs, public order or public policy may likewise be the __________________________________________________
object of a contract. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Art. 752. The provisions of Article 750 notwithstanding, __________________________________________________
no person may give or receive, by way of donation, more than __________________________________________________
he may give or receive by will. __________________________________________________
The donation shall be inofficious in all that it may exceed __________________________________________________
this limitation. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
(Family Code) Art. 84. If the future spouses agree upon a __________________________________________________
regime other than the absolute community of property, they __________________________________________________
cannot donate to each other in their marriage settlements more __________________________________________________
than one-fifth of their present property. Any excess shall be __________________________________________________
considered void. __________________________________________________
Donations of future property shall be governed by the __________________________________________________
provisions on testamentary succession and the formalities of __________________________________________________
wills. __________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
5. Compulsory
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________