Practice question
A spouse survives together with legitimate children in intestacy. Under Article 996, how is the spouse’s share measured?
- Always the entire estate
- Always nothing
- The same as each child’s share
- Double the entire estate
- Only by the spouse’s age
Legal references
- Civil Code, Article 996: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360
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