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Practice question: Doctrine of Renvoi

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A foreign national dies domiciled in the Philippines. The properly established national conflicts rule directs the relevant succession issue to the law of domicile. What type of reference does that create in the Philippine forum?
  1. A criminal extradition request
  2. An automatic finding of fraud
  3. An exclusive choice of the executor’s law
  4. A change in the decedent’s nationality
  5. A reference back to Philippine law

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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