Page 279 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

Article 1035. If the person excluded from the

inheritance by reason of incapacity should be a

child or descendant of the decedent and should

have children or descendants, the latter shall

acquire his right to the legitime.

The person so excluded shall not enjoy the

usufruct and administration of the property

thus inherited by his children. (761a)

Article 1039. Capacity to succeed is governed

by the law of the nation of the decedent. (n)

Article 1062. Collation shall not take place

among compulsory heirs if the donor should

have so expressly provided, or if the donee

should repudiate the inheritance, unless the

donation should be reduced as inofficious.

(1036)