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Philippine Civil Code, Art. 1009

Legal or Intestate Succession · Formerly Art. 954a of the old Civil Code

Statute
Philippine Civil Code
Article
Art. 1009
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. 954a of the old Civil Code
Year
1949
Cited by
A Supreme Court decision

The provision

Should there be neither brothers nor sisters nor children of brothers or sisters, the other collateral relatives shall succeed to the estate. The latter shall succeed without distinction of lines or preference among them by reason of relationship by the whole blood. (954a)

Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms

If the deceased leaves no brothers or sisters and no nieces or nephews, the estate passes to the other collateral relatives. Among these relatives there is no preference based on which family line they belong to or on being related by full blood.

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Cases applying this article

Civil Code, Art. 1009 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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