Practice question
An executor cites only the foreign internal rule of testamentary freedom, while the same properly established foreign system refers the issue to the decedent's Philippine domicile in circumstances matching Aznar. Which is best?
- Consider the relevant foreign conflicts rule rather than selectively stopping at its internal freedom rule.
- The executor may discard a controlling referral solely because it changes shares.
- Any foreign internal rule automatically abolishes all conflicts analysis.
- The will's font conclusively fixes governing law.
- The heir's citizenship alone necessarily overrides every other fact.
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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