Practice question
Counsel combines three propositions: a Shari’ah District Court can hear an applicable deceased Muslim's estate regardless of value; RA 12018 created additional Shari’ah districts; therefore all civil suits involving anyone living near a new district now belong exclusively to that District Court. Which evaluation is sound?
- All three propositions follow automatically.
- The first two do not establish the third; statutory subject matter and party conditions still govern.
- The creation of additional districts abolished regular courts nationwide.
- RA 12018 repealed every jurisdictional limitation in Article X.
- Estate jurisdiction exists only if all assets are land.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1977/pd_1083_1977.html — PD1083 Arts143–144,155.
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/92699 — RA11054 ArtX §§1–6.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2024/ra_12018_2024.html — RA12018 §§1–3.
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