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Practice question: General Provisions

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A living parent owns property outright. An adult child demands present transfer solely as inheritance because the child expects to be an heir. No independent present right exists. Which is best?
  1. Expected heirship alone has not transmitted a succession right before the parent’s death.
  2. Every expectation immediately transfers all parental assets.
  3. The child’s birthday opens the parent’s succession.
  4. The parent must obtain the child’s permission for every act solely because of inheritance.
  5. Every living owner is already a decedent.

Legal references

  • Civil Code Articles774-794,863-867 and1347: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html

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