Practice question
A testator names three beneficiaries but says a friend may later decide, entirely at the friend’s discretion, whether each designation will be effective and what share each named person takes. Which principle applies?
- Any third person may control all testamentary choices
- Notarization alone validates every delegation
- Article 785 prohibits leaving the duration or efficacy and portions of named beneficiaries to a third person’s discretion
- The beneficiaries’ names make delegation unlimited
- A friend automatically becomes the testator
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 784-785: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360
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