Practice question
After diligent proceedings, the only identified claimant is a sixth-degree collateral relative. No person otherwise entitled under the intestacy rules survives. The claimant argues that any blood relationship, however remote, necessarily excludes the State. Which is correct?
- Every blood relative excludes the State without limit
- Only relatives beyond ten degrees are excluded
- Intestate collateral succession does not extend beyond the fifth degree; in default of entitled persons the State inherits through the proper legal process
- The sixth-degree claimant automatically becomes a child
- The estate immediately belongs personally to the mayor
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 1010-1012: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360
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