Practice question
An adoptee is named as a beneficiary in a biological parent’s will. An objector claims that adoption absolutely forbids every testamentary benefit from a biological parent, regardless of the will and governing succession law. Which response follows Section 43?
- Every such gift is automatically valid without limits
- The adopter may confiscate the will
- Every will of a biological parent disappears
- The statute expressly leaves the stated testamentary situation to the law on testamentary succession; adoption is not a universal ban on every such benefit
- The civil registrar may rewrite the will
Legal references
- RA 11642, Section 43: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/94036
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