Practice question
A person dies without any will. A claimant proves a valid legal calling as heir, while another objects solely that the claimant was not named in a testament. Which is correct?
- Every intestate estate has no possible heirs.
- A valid operation-of-law calling is within 782 without requiring testamentary naming.
- Only a notary can create an heir in every case.
- The objector automatically acquires everything.
- Absence of a will makes all private assets public dominion.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles774-794,863-867 and1347: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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