Practice question
Only entitled legitimate ascendants and two equally entitled illegitimate children survive; no spouse or other class affects 991. The net estate is PHP8 million. Which is correct?
- Ascendants always exclude every illegitimate child.
- Ascendants’ group PHP4 million; each child PHP2 million.
- Children always exclude every legitimate ascendant here.
- Each child receives the whole PHP8 million.
- The number of ascendants automatically erases the children’s statutory half.
Legal references
- Civil Code Articles991,997-1001,1016-1023,1026-1035,1050 and1063-1072: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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