Practice question
An executor presents a foreign allowance order but omits the authenticated will and asks immediate distribution of Philippine assets without local notice or hearing. Which is best?
- Every foreign order automatically distributes all Philippine land
- The court must require compliance with Rule77 rather than treat the foreign order as self-executing distribution authority
- Authentication of the will is immaterial
- Local interested persons can never be heard
- The foreign will is automatically invalid forever
Legal references
- Rule77 Sections1–4: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_72-109_proceedings.html
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