- Statute
- Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 817
- Topic
- Testamentary Succession
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
- Title
- TITLE IV SUCCESSION
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 2 Testamentary Succession
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
A will made in the Philippines by a citizen or subject of another country, which is executed in accordance with the law of the country of which he is a citizen or subject, and which might be proved and allowed by the law of his own country, shall have the same effect as if executed according to the laws of the Philippines. (n)
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Recognizes a will made in the Philippines by a foreign citizen that follows the formalities of that person's own country's law. If the will could be proved and allowed under that home country's law, it is given the same effect in the Philippines as if it had been executed under Philippine law.
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Cases applying this article
- Administration of the Estate of Agripino Neri y Chavez. Eleuterio Neri v. Ignacia Akutin G.R. No. 47799
- In the Matter of the Petition To Approve the Will of Luz Gaspe Lipson v. Honorable Judge Maria Clarissa L. Pacis-Trinidad G.R. No. 229010
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