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Practice question: Disinheritance

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

The sole asserted support-refusal cause is contested, and the established facts show the refusal was justified. May Article 919(5) be applied as if any refusal automatically sufficed?
  1. Yes, justification never matters
  2. Yes, the parent may delete statutory words
  3. Only if the executor prefers it
  4. Only if the estate is large
  5. No; absence of justifiable cause is part of the specified ground

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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