Page 249 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 892. If only one legitimate child or

descendant of the deceased survives, the

widow or widower shall be entitled to one-

fourth of the hereditary estate. In case of a legal

separation, the surviving spouse may inherit if it

was the deceased who had given cause for the

same.

Article 895. The legitime of each of the

acknowledged natural children and each of the

natural children by legal fiction shall consist of

one-half of the legitime of each of the

legitimate children or descendants.

The legitime of an illegitimate child who is

neither an acknowledged natural, nor a natural

child by legal fiction, shall be equal in every case

to four-fifths of the legitime of an

acknowledged natural child.