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

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Practice question

The preferred family category cannot supply a competent willing administrator, and no principal creditor is competent and willing. Counsel says Rule78 ends there and forbids any other appointment. Which is correct?
  1. Section6(c) permits such other person as the court selects
  2. The estate must remain permanently without administration
  3. Only an incompetent relative can act
  4. The largest asset becomes administrator
  5. A creditor’s unwillingness cancels every estate case

Legal references

  • Rules74 and76–79, relevant procedural provisions (current competent court assumed, without obsolete court labels or monetary jurisdiction): https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_72-109_proceedings.html

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