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Practice question: Escheat (Rule 91)

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Practice question

The court creates a permanent trust of adjudged escheated property for the prescribed public benefit, using income rather than consuming principal. An objector says Section3 invariably requires immediate outright spending. Which is correct?
  1. The rule expressly permits the permanent-trust arrangement
  2. All trust arrangements are forbidden
  3. Only the objector’s preference governs
  4. The beneficiary must destroy the principal
  5. Escheat can never support public purposes

Legal references

  • Rules91,93,97 and102, relevant continuing provisions: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_72-109_proceedings.html

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