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by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=COMPULSORY%20HEIRS&#038;body=Hey%20check%20this%20out:%20https%3A%2F%2Falexi.pro%2Findex.php%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F648\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline;width:48px;height:48px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.divinalaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/To-Give-or-Not-to-Give.jpg\" alt=\"To Give or Not to Give | DivinaLaw\" width=\"528\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEQAA\" data-processed=\"true\">Under Philippine law (Civil Code),\u00a0<strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">compulsory heirs<\/strong>\u00a0are specific family members who are legally entitled to receive a portion of a deceased person\u2019s estate, known as the\u00a0<strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">legitime<\/strong>, regardless of whether a will exists or not. They are often called &#8220;forced heirs&#8221; because the decedent cannot freely dispose of their entire estate if these heirs are alive.<span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"a8KAse_d,a8KAse_e\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=a8KAse_c\/TKHnVd\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"Fsg96\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"otQkpb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Who Are the Compulsory Heirs?<\/div>\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAMQAA\" data-processed=\"true\">According to Article 887 of the Civil Code of the Philippines, the following are considered compulsory heirs:<span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"a8KAse_p,a8KAse_q\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=a8KAse_o\/TKHnVd\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<button class=\"rBl3me\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"04349e6f-4440-4a1f-889c-93dc17531569\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"disabled=a8KAse_o\/C5gNJc;aria-label=a8KAse_o\/bOjMyf;class=a8KAse_o\/UpSNec\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwja_4fIzLKSAxUkn68BHX7wIwEQye0OegQIAxAB\" data-processed=\"true\"><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<ol class=\"IaGLZe VimKh\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<li data-hveid=\"CAQQAA\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Primary Heirs:<\/strong>\u00a0Legitimate children and their direct descendants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAQQAQ\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Secondary Heirs:<\/strong>\u00a0Legitimate parents and direct ascendants (only in default of legitimate children\/descendants).<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAQQAg\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-processed=\"true\">Concurring Heirs:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\" data-processed=\"true\">\n<li data-hveid=\"CAQQAw\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">The surviving spouse (widow or widower).<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAQQBA\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Illegitimate children (both acknowledged natural children and other illegitimate children).<\/span><span class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"a8KAse_19,a8KAse_1a\" data-processed=\"true\"><span class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=a8KAse_18\/TKHnVd\" data-processed=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Under Philippine law (Civil Code),\u00a0compulsory heirs\u00a0are specific family members who are legally entitled to receive a portion of a deceased person\u2019s estate, known as the\u00a0legitime, regardless of whether a will exists or not. They are often called &#8220;forced heirs&#8221; because the decedent cannot freely dispose of their entire estate if these heirs are alive.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":649,"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions\/649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexi.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}