- Statute
- Philippine Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 1430
- Topic
- Natural Obligations
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
- Title
- TITLE III NATURAL OBLIGATIONS
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- A Supreme Court decision
The provision
When a will is declared void because it has not been executed in accordance with the formalities required by law, but one of the intestate heirs, after the settlement of the debts of the deceased, pays a legacy in compliance with a clause in the defective will, the payment is effective and irrevocable.
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
If a will is declared void for failing the required legal formalities, but one of the intestate heirs nonetheless pays a legacy that the defective will directed, that payment stands. Once made after the estate's debts have been settled, the heir cannot take the money back; the payment is treated as valid and irrevocable.
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Cases applying this article
- Eliseo Santos v. Pablo Bartolome G.R. No. 18032
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