Practice question
Does the judgment obligor’s death necessarily prevent execution of a judgment recovering specified property against the proper representative?
- Yes; every property judgment is erased automatically.
- No.
- Yes; a lien is always extinguished by death.
- Yes; the property necessarily becomes ownerless.
- Yes; only personal revenge survives.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule 39 Sections 1-4 and 7, execution categories and death of a party: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
- Rules of Court, Rule 86 Section 5, money judgments against the decedent and claims procedure: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/rc/rc_72-109_proceedings.html
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