Practice question
A decedent owned one-half of a parcel; the other half remains validly owned by an unrelated co-owner. No other basis exists. Does death alone place the whole parcel in the inheritance?
- Yes; death automatically confiscates all co-owner interests.
- Only the largest claimant takes everything.
- The administrator privately owns the parcel.
- No; the decedent’s interest must be distinguished from the other owner’s share.
- The other share necessarily becomes ownerless.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles774-794,863-867 and1347: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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