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Practice question: Legitime

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A sole surviving spouse married the testator in articulo mortis; the testator died two months later. They had lived as husband and wife for six years before marriage. No other compulsory heir exists and the fixed base is 12 million pesos. Which legitime follows Article 900’s exception?
  1. 4 million in every deathbed marriage
  2. 6 million pesos
  3. Nothing
  4. 12 million automatically
  5. 2 million pesos

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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