Civil Code Art. 982: Legal or Intestate

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 982
Topic: Legal or Intestate Succession
Book: BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
Title: TITLE IV SUCCESSION
Chapter: CHAPTER 3 Legal or Intestate Succession
Formerly: Art. 933 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

The grandchildren and other descendants shall inherit by right of representation, and if any one of them should have died, leaving several heirs, the portion pertaining to him shall be divided among the latter in equal portions. (933)

Cases applying this article

In the Matter of the Estate of Tomas Rodriguez v. Margarita Lopez G.R. No. 25966
Amadea Angela K. Aquino v. Rodolfo C. Aquino G.R. No. 208912

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