Page 263 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 962. In every inheritance, the relative

nearest in degree excludes the more distant

ones, saving the right of representation when it

properly takes place.

Relatives in the same degree shall inherit in

equal shares, subject to the provisions of

Article 1006 with respect to relatives of the full

and half blood, and of Article 987, paragraph 2,

concerning division between the paternal and

maternal lines. (912a)

Article 969. If the inheritance should be

repudiated by the nearest relative, should there

be one only, or by all the nearest relatives called

by law to succeed, should there be several,

those of the following degree shall inherit in

their own right and cannot represent the person

or persons repudiating the inheritance.