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

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Practice question

Previously unpaid estate debts remain and additional assets later come into the representative’s hands. Does Rule 88, Section 13 allow further payment orders?
  1. No, later assets must always be divided among heirs before debts.
  2. No, newly discovered property becomes the representative’s personal asset.
  3. Yes; the court may make further distribution orders for payment.
  4. No, only a new debtor may pay the claims.
  5. No, the first payment order extinguishes all unpaid debts.

Legal references

  • Rules of Court, Rules 86-90, provisions specifically identified in the explanations: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_72-109_proceedings.html

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