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MIDTERM EXAM IN WILLS & SUCCESSION (2008)
Atty. Rizel Castillo-Taleon
1. Discuss the nature of succession and its incidents. (10 pts)
2. Piolo, a successful gay celebrity, was in Namibia for the location shooting of an
episode of his widely popular show “Fag Patrol,” when he was afflicted with severe
diarthea. Fearful of dying, he executed a notarial will leaving all his estate to his
long-time partner Yul. Piolo signe
cameraman in accordance wit
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die, Pidel, and
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Pidel never showed
resemblance to the
rand “Eau de Lefaflu.”
Parrah. In his will, Don Pepot disinher
heirs. In the will, Don Pepot particularly resenta
loyalty to his father, aside from the fact that he &
family driver. Pidel would also always use the comp
Likewise, Don Pepot would frequently catch Pidel ai ‘arp object at his back
everytime the father would order his son to sever his affal married women. Don
Peopt died. Pidel now seeks your advice, and being his bestfriend, pleads that you
support him because the disinheritance means he could not get a single centavo from
his father’s multibillion peso estate. Discuss fully (20 pts)
7. The spouses Fablo and Feria and their son Faeng is a picture of a perfect family. But
unknown to all, Fablo and Feria were compulsive gamblers addicted to pachinko.
Being the eldest and only son of Don Fascual, creditors would line up to Fablo offering
to lend him money at usurious rates. To pay a debt to Frimo, Fablo executed a deed
of sale of Don Facual’s Forbes Park property worth P5 million, which he claim would
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be his anyway since Don Fascual was already nearing 103 year old. Fablo and Feria
dies while attending the pachinko grand prix at the Tagaytay Casino when the volcano
erupted, burying them in the pyroclastic flow. The couple left a staggering amount of
debt in the amount of 23.5 million without leaving any property to their son Faeng.
Upon learning of his son’s untimely demise, Don Fascual choked on a piece of prune
and died intestate survived by his grandchildren Faeng and Fino, the legitimate son of
his illegitimate daughter Fay-fay. His money in the bank is P5 million while his
stockholding is worth P2 million. He also has unpaid taxes worth B1 million On the
other hand, Frimo moved for the exclusion of the Forbes Park property, while
creditors plagued Faeng demayii ° ts. Who are
entitled to inherit? How much,
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