- Statute
- Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 1068
- 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. 1042a of the old Civil Code
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
Expenses incurred by the parents in giving their children a professional, vocational or other career shall not be brought to collation unless the parents so provide, or unless they impair the legitime; but when their collation is required, the sum which the child would have spent if he had lived in the house and company of his parents shall be deducted therefrom. (1042a)
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Provides that what parents spent to give a child a professional, vocational, or other career is not brought back into the estate (collation) unless the parents said it should be, or unless it impairs other heirs' legitimes. When collation is required, only the excess counts — the sum the child would have spent living at home with the parents is first deducted.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Cases applying this article
- Bernarda Aliasas v. Pedro Alcantara G.R. No. 5628
- Cirilo T. Javelosa v. Conrado Barrios G.R. No. 46096