Key Concepts in Succession Law
Key Concepts in Succession Law
Explore the fundamental concepts and principles of the Law of Successions. Click on any section below to learn more.
General Considerations & Patrimony
Definition of succession and the concept of patrimony.
Opening of Succession
Time and place where succession begins.
Inheritable Property
Scope of the hereditary estate, including corporeal and incorporeal rights.
Capacity to Inherit
Who has the legal right to inherit.
Unworthiness to Succeed
Grounds for disqualification from inheritance.
Women in Succession
Constitutional guarantees and land rights for women.
Immovable Property Rules
The "Paterna Paternis Materna Maternis" rule.
Nature & Types of Wills
Characteristics and different forms of wills.
Invalidation of Wills
Grounds for a will or its provisions to be deemed invalid.
Conditions & Charges in Wills
How testators can impose conditions or obligations.
Substitution & Entail
Designating alternative or subsequent beneficiaries.
Disherison
Testator's power to exclude heirs from succession.
Interpretation of Wills
How ambiguities in wills are resolved.
Legacies
Universal and singular legacies defined.
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