General Provisions; Relationship; Right of Representation

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1. What is the general nearest-degree rule in intestate succession? Multiple Choice Easy
2. How many degrees separate siblings in the collateral line? Multiple Choice Easy
3. How is an estate divided when succession properly occurs by representation? Multiple Choice Easy
4. A grandchild’s parent predeceased the grandparent. The grandchild’s filiation is established, but the grandchild was bo… Multiple Choice Medium
5. An only child validly repudiates a parent’s intestate inheritance. The child’s descendants claim solely by representing… Multiple Choice Medium
6. A grandparent dies intestate leaving one living child and two children of another child who predeceased her. The grandc… Multiple Choice Hard
7. A claimant says Aquino abolished every possible Article 992 restriction, including all collateral situations, and there… Multiple Choice Hard
8. Explain the effect of Aquino on a nonmarital grandchild’s claim to represent a deceased parent in a grandparent’s estat… Essay Medium
9. Distinguish representing someone who repudiated the decedent’s inheritance from representing someone whose own inherita… Essay Medium
10. Explain the legal source and branch limit of representation. Essay Medium
11. Does Article 972 permit representation in the direct ascending line? Multiple Choice Easy
12. In the collateral line, which representatives does Article 972 identify? Multiple Choice Easy