Practice question
A testator validly specifies and proves parental abandonment as the Article 920 cause for disinheriting a parent. The parent argues that this independent cause cannot operate without a separate prior judgment depriving parental authority. Which is best?
- Every parent-disinheritance cause requires that one additional judgment
- Article 920 lists abandonment and loss of parental authority as distinct causes; the specified independent ground must be assessed on its own requirements
- Parents can never be disinherited
- The will may omit every cause
- Abandonment automatically proves every unrelated offense
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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