/BASIC QUESTIONS IN WILLS AND SUCCESSION

1. In T’s will, A was given a house, effective immediately. (a) Is

this a disposition by virtue of a will? (b) Is A entitled to get the
house now? (c) How will the house be disposed of? (p. 27
Paras)

2. Jandon is twice a widower. He has three children by his first

marriage, and two children by his second marriage. In his will,
he instituted as his exclusive heirs the children of his second
marriage. What is the effect on the will of the preterition of
Jandon’s children by the first marriage? Upon Jandon’s death,
how will the hereditary estate be divided? (p. 359 Jurado,
Reviewer)

3. A and B are C’s brothers. D is the child of A, and E of B, while

F is the child of D. C died without leaving a will, A, B, and D
are likewise dead. May F inherit from C? Explain. (p. 420
Jurado Reviewer).

4. A died intestate survived by (a) B, a brother of the full blood,

and (b) C, D, E and F, brothers of the half blood. The net value
of this estate is P120,000. Divide the estate.(P. 441)

5. X, Y, and Z, surviving legitimate children of A, partitioned the

latter’s estate extrajudicially but disregarded and preterited M,
a duly acknowledged natural child of A. Questions: (a) Is the
partition valid? (b) What remedies are available to M to
recover his share in the inheritance?(p. 469)
6.Are the following subject to collation? (a) gifts bestowed by the
deceased father during his lifetime to the spouse of his son. (b)
Money paid by the deceased parent during his lifetime for the
death of a son. Explain.(p. 464)

7.Before his death in an automobile accident, A was able to

execute a will which contains the following dispositions: “I leave
all my properties to all my relatives”.The net remainder of the
estate is P80,000. The claimants are the following: (a) W, his
widow (b) B,his brother (c) C and D, children of a deceased
sister. How shall the inheritance be distributed? State the
amounts.(p.410)

8.Don Jose Reyesm before his death in 1945, donated to his

grandson, Ramon Reyes, a child of his deceased son,Arturo
Reyes, a house and lot worth P60,000. In 1950, Ramon Reyes
died with a will instituting his mother, Dona Maria Unson, as his
sole heir. His estate consisted entirely of the house and lot which
he had received from Don Jose. In 1960, Dona Maria also died
but without a will.The house and lot is now claimed by the
following:
(a) Dona Juana vda de Reyes,widow of Don Jose and
grandmother of Ramon;
(b) Don Juan Reyes, son of Don Jose and Dona Juana and uncle
of Ramon, and
© Dona Alicia Unson, sister and only living relative of Dona
Maria.
If you are the Judge, to whom shall you adjudicate the property?
(p 385)
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