[Solved] A & B are married. They have children, C & D. C has an illegitimate child, E. A died in 2007 and B, C & D inherited from him. C, specifically inherited a house & lot from A located at Ayala Alabang. C died in 2009. Who can inherit from C?

Q.	A & B are married. They have children, C & D. C has an illegitimate child, E. A died in 2007 and B, C & D inherited from him. C, specifically inherited a house & lot from A located at Ayala Alabang. C died in 2009. Who can inherit from C?
A.	B & D alone can inherit from C.
B.	E cannot inherit because there is a barrier between illegitimates and legitimates.
C.	E can inherit from C because the iron curtain does not apply to C & E.
D.	E cannot inherit considering that the only estate C left was his inheritance from A, hence, the iron curtain still applies.
Answer» C. E can inherit from C because the iron curtain does not apply to C & E.

4.2k

Do you find this helpful?

View all MCQs in

Philippines Civil Law Society

Discussion

No comments yet

Related MCQs

A & B are married. They have children, C & D. C is married to X and they have children, Y & Z. D is married to S and they have children, T & U. He has likewise an illegitimate child, V. Before A died he executed a will instituting his heirs including V. Can V inherit from A considering that he is an illegitimate child of D?
X and Y are married. They have a son Z. When X died, Z inherited a property covered by TCT No. 1. Z died without any issue. Y inherited it and obtained a title. There is however no inscription of the reservable character of the property. Y sold it to A who obtained a title. Y died in 2009. Can B, C and D, the reservatarios recover the property?
Amelia and Arsenio are married. Amelia went to the U.S. to work as a nurse in 2005. She left her two (2) children, Benjie and Cherry, 4 years old and 2 years old, respectively, with her parents, Danilo and Elenita. Later, because his parents-in-law, do not want to give his children to him, Arsenio, through trickery, was able to get his children from their maternal grandparents. Danilo and Elenita are claiming that they have a better right to have custody over Benjie and Cherry since they are financially capable of supporting the needs of the children. Can the grandparents claim back the children?
A & B are married. They have a son C who is married to D with children, E & F. C & D adopted G. C died in 2006. A died in 2010. Can G inherit by right of representation?
X and Y are married. They were leasing a parcel of land in 2007; they constructed a house on the leased lot valued at P1M and resided thereon. While in business, they incurred liability from Z who sued them for failure to pay. Judgment was rendered and it became final and executory. Can the house be levied upon?
A built his house on his lot up to the boundary line and opened windows with direct view over the lot of B. Twenty (20) years later, B built his house up to the boundary line of his lot, hence, A filed a complaint enjoining B from building his house up to the boundary contending that he has acquired the easement of light and view by prescription and that B cannot build less than 3 meters from the boundary. Is A correct?
A and B are married. They have a daughter C who has a 5-year old child. C went to Hongkong to work for 2 years and left the child to the custody of X and Y who are not related to them. When A and B learned about the departure of their daughter, they demanded the surrender of the custody of their granddaughter, D to them, but X and Y refused, hence A and B sued X & Y for habeas corpus. When the order was served upon them, they produced the body of the child. The court dismissed the petition immediately. Is the dismissal correct?
A & B are married with children C & D, but were living separately from one another. A got married to E and begot children, F & G. After his death, E, F & G filed a petition for settlement of his estate. B, C &D intervened to claim their share of the estate and contended that since F & G are illegitimate as the marriage of A & E is void, their share is only ½ of the share of the legitimates. Is the contention correct?
X and Y are married. They have a daughter Z. They are living in the house of Y’s parents, but left the house because of differences with his parents-in-law and his wife due to her refusal to leave the house. He was prevented from visiting his child and the latter was prevented from seeing her father? What is the remedy of X?
A and B are married. They have properties including a family home. B predeceased her husband A. Before A died, he executed a will instituting his wife and children, C, D & E. The family home was willed unto C, hence, he is now claiming to be the exclusive owner of the house & lot. Is C correct?