Philippine Civil Code Art. 1067: Provisions Common

Statute: Philippine Civil Code
Article: Art. 1067
Topic: Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Status: In force
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. 1041 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949
Cited by: Multiple Supreme Court decisions

The provision

Expenses for support, education, medical attendance, even in extraordinary illness, apprenticeship, ordinary equipment, or customary gifts are not subject to collation. (1041)

Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms

Amounts a parent spent on a child's support, education, medical care (even for serious illness), apprenticeship, ordinary equipment, or customary gifts are not brought back into the estate through collation when the inheritances are computed.

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Cases applying this article

Amado Wenceslao v. Faustino Calimon G.R. No. 20950
Modesta Beltran v. Feliciana Doriano G.R. No. 9969

Related provisions in this Chapter

Civil Code, Art. 1068 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1061 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1078 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions
Civil Code, Art. 1056 Provisions Common to Testate and Intestate Successions

Civil Code, Art. 1067 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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