Practice question
A foreign decedent is domiciled in the Philippines. The properly established applicable foreign conflicts rule refers the succession issue to the law of domicile, and the case falls within the Aznar renvoi setting. Must domicile be ignored solely because Article 16 initially selects national law?
- Yes; every foreign conflicts rule is automatically nonexistent.
- Yes; Article 16 says domicile can never matter through any referral.
- No; because every heir can choose any law without authority.
- No; the foreign conflict rule's referral must be considered in that setting.
- Yes; only the executor's private instruction is law.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles8,13-16: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
- Aznar v. Garcia, G.R.L-16749, January31,1963, MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1963/jan1963/gr_l-16749_1963.html
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