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Practice question: Family Home

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A valid unpaid debt is stipulated to fall within155(4) because a materialman furnished materials for construction of the dwelling. The owner invokes family-home status as an absolute defense, and no independent defense exists. Which is correct?
  1. The specific construction-debt exception defeats that absolute exemption claim
  2. Every construction creditor is categorically excluded
  3. The exemption cancels every lawful building invoice
  4. A family home has no statutory exceptions
  5. The owner may privately remove155(4)

Legal references

  • Family Code EO209: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_209_1987.html Articles154–156 and159–161; no fixed current value assumed.

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