Practice question
Funds are frozen under the first paragraph of Section 11. Their owner seeks sums reasonably needed for monthly family sustenance, counsel and family medical needs. A clerk asserts that Section 13 makes all such needs categorically irrelevant. Which is correct?
- No humanitarian withdrawal is contemplated.
- Section 13 recognizes withdrawal of sums reasonably needed as determined by the court for that category.
- The owner may withdraw every frozen asset unilaterally.
- Every request automatically proves the original freeze unlawful.
- A family member alone fixes an unrestricted amount binding on the court.
Legal references
- RA 10168, Sections 4-7, 10 and 13, mental-element proof, participation and humanitarian exceptions: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2012/ra_10168_2012.html
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