Who Are the Legal Heirs Philippine Law
giancarlo2022-12-12T14:29:45+01:00In the absence of a will, the heirs must proceed to an out-of-court settlement of the estate (EJS), a notarized legal document signed by all heirs and listing the assets that include the testator`s estate and the agreed method of distributing the estate among the legal heirs. 1. Wills must continue to comply with the laws on forced heirs. The so-called "free part" is the only part of the domain that the owner can give to whomever he wants. Similarly, the testator may give all his property by his last wishes to any person who is not his legal heirs, to the exclusion of his legal heirs who are not forced successors [...]