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[Music] last wills and Testaments in the Philippines how do people inherit property in the Philippines there are three different ways of coming into an inheritance inheritance can be tested interstate or mixed inheritance is tested if it occurs through a founded will inheritance is in the state if it is not - a will inheritance is mixed if only part of the property has been disposed off in a will in this case the rules of Eagle er intestate succession shall be applied to those properties not disposed off now is the property divided if there is no will in the absence of a will the law allows inheritance among nearest relatives of the deceased including of course the surviving spouse in the absence of all these relatives the estate goes to the government and to the state the shares of these legal heirs are allotted by default according to the portions set by the Civil Code of the Philippines what is the last will and testament a will is an act by which a person is permitted after following the formalities prescribed by law to control to a certain degree the disposition of this estate to take effect after is there in the Philippines a valid will must always be in written form the will must be either signed and witnessed before a notary or be entirely handwritten and signed by the testator a valid will has several conditions because testate inheritance is not considered the natural right rather it is a right granted by law for this reason the exercise of this right is subject to the conditions set by law one of those conditions is that the will must be probated for it to have legal effect what is probate probate is a court proceeding to establish the validity of the will before any will can have force or effect it must be probated in court the probate of will means to prove to the court the document offered really is the last will and testament of the testator the presentation of the will for probate is mandatory and is a matter of public policy it must be proven that the will was executed a custom and has been published as required by a law and that the testator was a sound and disposing mind can i will be the basis for transferring ownership of property before robit' know until admitted to probate a will has no effect whatever and no right can be claimed under it no whalers shall pass either real or personal property unless it is first proved and allowed in accordance with the rules of court how is probate initiated a petition for probate should be filed with the regional trial court if the deceased was an inhabitant of the Philippines at the time of his death it should be the RTC of the city or province where he resided at the time of death if the deceased was an inhabitant of a foreign country the RTC of any city or province in which he had a center estate can be filed with a petition for probate filed with the court must show so far as known to the petitioner the jurisdictional facts the names ages and residences of the heirs legatees and devices of the testator or decedent the probable value in character of the property of the estate the name of the person for whom letters of administration or ex letters testamentary afraid if the will has not been delivered to the court you should also say the name person having custody of it the court shall calendar to probe is for hearings that all concerned may appear to contest the allowance of the will if they so wish notice at the time and place of the hearing will be published in a local newspaper for three weeks prior to the hearing date but no newspaper publication need be made where the petition for probate has been filed by the testator himself while still alive the court shall also cost copies of the notice of the hearing to be sent to the designated or other known heirs at least 20 days before the hearing personal service of the companies of the notice at least 10 days before a hearing shall be equivalent to the mailing but this notice shall not be required except to compulsory years if the testator filed for the probate of his own will what are the grounds for disallowing a will the will shall be disallowed if not executed and attested as required by law if the testator was mentally incapable to make a will at the time of its execution it was executed with under two deaths or the influence of fear or threats if it was procured by unto an improper pressure and influence on the part of the beneficiary or of some other person for his benefit if the signature of the testator was procured by fraud or trip and he did not intend that the instrument should be his will at the time he signed it can a foreign will be given effect in the Philippines a foreign will can be given legal effect here this requires proving in court that the will was made in accordance with the formalities and law of the place where the testator resided or those of his country additionally a foreign will can be directly submitted for probate in a Philippine court it does not need to first be probated in the foreign country does the last will and testament exactly to the broad would need to be first proved at the foreign court before it can be given effect in the Philippines no it need not be a foreign will can have effect in the Philippines and it can be submitted directly to a Philippine court for probate otherwise if the instituted heirs do not have the means to go abroad for the probate of the will it is as good as depriving them outright of their inheritance since our law requires that no will shall pass either real or personal property unless the will has been proved and allowed by the proper Court however the foreign probate of a will can also be given recognition and effect in the Philippines this is called repro bait in repro bait the local court technologist is binding the findings of the foreign probate court provided its jurisdiction over the matter can be established which countries law will govern the estate of a deceased foreigner foreigner dies leaving property in the Philippines the foreign citizens national law conference both in the state and estate succession this is with respect to the order of succession and also as to the amount of succession or rights as well as the intrinsic validity of the testamentary relations this means that who gets to inherent in what order and how much as well as the legality of the provisions of the will are all referred by the Philippine court to the national or the coroner the estate of the foreign decedent or testator will be covered by his national law for this reason to satisfy the areas of a foreign citizen generally cannot the sale will or its provisions for being violative of Filipino the Philippine system of legend allegedly was that part of the estate which the law reserves the certain heirs was not intended by Congress to extend to the succession of foreign nationals which court will give effect to or enforce the foreign law in the Philippines this is where it gets tricky it is still a Philippine court which has to rule on these issues even though foreign laws on inheritance will be referred to what a Philippine court cannot be expected to know the foreign laws for this reason the foreign law in question will need to be properly submitted in evidence at the Philippine court case otherwise it cannot be given effect removing a foreign law or purposes of enforcement by a Philippine court in accordance with Philippine Rules of Evidence can be an arcane process which requires the lawyer to be versed in its particular complications thank you for watching for more videos you can watch us on this channel for more content and online consultations you can find us on Lawyer Philippines org