Civil Code Art. 1049: Provisions Common to

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1049
Topic: Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Book: BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
Title: TITLE IV SUCCESSION
Chapter: CHAPTER 4 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Formerly: Art. 999a of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

Acceptance may be express or tacit. An express acceptance must be made in a public or private document. A tacit acceptance is one resulting from acts by which the intention to accept is necessarily implied, or which one would have no right to do except in the capacity of an heir. Acts of mere preservation or provisional administration do not imply an acceptance of the inheritance if, through such acts, the title or capacity of an heir has not been assumed. (999a)

Cases applying this article

In Re Intestate Estate of the Deceased Francisco Tordilla v. Moises Tordilla G.R. No. 39547

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