Practice question
An intestate leaves a surviving spouse and two legitimate children, with no other concurrent heirs affecting the division. After proper estate and marital-property accounting, how is the net hereditary estate divided?
- One-half to the spouse and one-half to the oldest child
- All to the children and none to the spouse
- All to the spouse
- One-quarter each, leaving one-quarter ownerless
- One-third each to the spouse and the two children
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 980 and 996: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360
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