- Statute
- Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 1081
- 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. 1057a of the old Civil Code
- Year
- 1949
The provision
A person may, by an act inter vivos or mortis causa, intrust the mere power to make the partition after his death to any person who is not one of the co-heirs. The provisions of this and of the preceding article shall be observed even should there be among the co-heirs a minor or a person subject to guardianship; but the mandatary, in such case, shall make an inventory of the property of the estate, after notifying the co-heirs, the creditors, and the legatees or devisees. (1057a)
Cases applying this article
- Valentina de Torres v. Narciso de Torres G.R. No. 9234
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