Practice question
Only three qualified nephews survive: one child of one predeceased full-blood sibling and two children of another predeceased full-blood sibling. All relevant relationships are established, with no other affecting heir. For a 12-million-peso intestate estate, which Article 975 rule applies?
- They inherit in equal portions of 4 million each because they alone survive in this stated category
- The first branch always gets6 million and the other nephews3 million each
- Every nephew must have a surviving uncle to inherit at all
- The oldest nephew receives everything
- The estate becomes ownerless
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 876-885,889-901,919-921,934-940 and970-977: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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