Civil Code Art. 1051: Provisions Common to

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1051
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. 1008 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

The repudiation of an inheritance shall be made in a public or authentic instrument, or by petition presented to the court having jurisdiction over the testamentary or intestate proceedings. (1008)

Cases applying this article

Damiana Into v. Mario Valle G.R. No. 145379

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1049 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1056 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1045 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1044 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1061 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1035 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1067 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions

Civil Code, Art. 1051 is found in CHAPTER 4 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions 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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