Civil Code Art. 1068: Provisions Common to

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1068
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. 1042a of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

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)

Cases applying this article

Bernarda Aliasas v. Pedro Alcantara G.R. No. 5628

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