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Practice question: Payment of Debts of the Estate (Rule 88)

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

After paying creditors with superior preference, the estate cannot fully pay all established claims in the next equal class. What does Rule88 §8 direct?
  1. Pay the first claimant in that class in full and exclude the rest.
  2. Pay only creditors related to the administrator.
  3. Choose recipients by private lottery.
  4. Ignore the legal preference rules.
  5. Pay creditors within that class proportionately to their claims.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_72-109_proceedings.html — Rules88–91 and adult-guardianship Rules92–97, subject to later law and AM03-02-05-SC for minors.

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