Civil Code Art. 287: Illegitimate Children

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 287
Topic: Illegitimate Children
Book: BOOK I PERSONS
Title: TITLE VIII PATERNITY AND FILIATION
Chapter: CHAPTER 4 Illegitimate Children
Year: 1949

The provision

Illegitimate children other than natural in accordance with article 269 and other than natural children by legal fiction are entitled to support and such successional rights as are granted in this Code. (n)

This provision is superseded for the estate of a person who died on or after 3 August 1988, when the Family Code took effect. Under Article 176 of the Family Code, all illegitimate (nonmarital) children are treated alike, each taking a legitime equal to one-half of that of a legitimate child; the Civil Code's separate categories of illegitimate children (including those referred to in this article) govern only estates of persons who died before that date.

Civil Code, Art. 287 is found in CHAPTER 4 Illegitimate Children of TITLE VIII PATERNITY AND FILIATION of BOOK I PERSONS of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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