Civil Code Art. 1004: Legal or Intestate

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1004
Topic: Legal or Intestate Succession
Status: In force
Book: BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
Title: TITLE IV SUCCESSION
Chapter: CHAPTER 3 Legal or Intestate Succession
Formerly: Art. 947 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949
Cited by: Multiple Supreme Court decisions

The provision

Should the only survivors be brothers and sisters of the full blood, they shall inherit in equal shares. (947)

Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms

When the deceased's only surviving heirs are full-blood brothers and sisters, siblings who share the same father and mother, they inherit the estate in equal shares, with none taking more or less than another.

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Cases applying this article

Amelia P. Arellano v. Francisco Pascual G.R. No. 189776
Rol v. Racho G.R. No. 246096
Bacayo v. Borromeo G.R. No. L-19382

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1003 Legal or Intestate Succession
Civil Code, Art. 1005 Legal or Intestate Succession
Civil Code, Art. 1001 Legal or Intestate Succession
Civil Code, Art. 1008 Legal or Intestate Succession
Civil Code, Art. 1013 Legal or Intestate Succession
Civil Code, Art. 992 Legal or Intestate Succession

Civil Code, Art. 1004 is found in CHAPTER 3 Legal or Intestate Succession of TITLE IV SUCCESSION of BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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