Practice question
A decedent is both a national and domiciliary of State X. State X’s properly established conflicts rule sends the issue to the law of domicile. Does that rule alone refer the case back to Philippine law?
- No, it points to State X because the domicile is there
- Yes, every foreign succession creates renvoi to the Philippines
- Yes, whenever any heir is Filipino
- Yes, because domicile always means the forum
- Yes, if the executor prefers Philippine legitimes
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, Article 16
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1963/jan1963/gr_l-16749_1963.html — Aznar v. Garcia, G.R. No. L-16749, January 31, 1963
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1967/jun1967/gr_l-23678_1967.html — Bellis v. Bellis, G.R. No. L-23678, June 6, 1967
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