Practice question
The only qualified collateral heirs are a surviving full-blood brother and two children of a predeceased full-blood sister. The net intestate estate is 12 million pesos; no prior-ranking heir or other restriction applies. What allocation follows representation?
- Each gets4 million
- Brother gets9 million and children share3 million
- Brother gets all12 million
- Children each get6 million and brother gets nothing
- Brother gets6 million; each niece or nephew gets3 million
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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