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Practice question: Intestate – Letters of Administration (Rules 78–79)

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does a person become administrator solely by being the decedent’s eldest child?
  1. Yes, age order automatically issues letters
  2. No; judicial appointment and the applicable qualifications remain necessary
  3. Yes, consent of one sibling replaces letters
  4. Yes, all other relatives are legally irrelevant
  5. No relative may ever administer

Legal references

  • Rule78 Sections1 and6; Rule79: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_72-109_proceedings.html

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