Selling Leased Co-Owned Property: Article 493, Buyer Options and Tenant Rights
Can you sell leased co-owned property? Understand Article 493, buyer options, tenant rights, partition and lawful ways to end a five- or ten-year lease.
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Negotiorum Gestio in the Philippines: Managing Property Without Permission
Negotiorum gestio arises when you take charge of someone’s neglected property without authority. Learn the gestor’s duties, when the owner must reimburse expenses, the six-year deadline, and what to do next.
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Co-Ownership Disputes in the Philippines: Rights of Co-Owners, Sale of Shares and Partition
How Philippine law resolves disputes between co-owners of land or a house: each co-owner’s rights over their share and the whole, use and income, expenses, decisions, sale of a share and legal redemption, partition, and repudiation.
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Ownership Under the Philippine Civil Code: A Plain-English Guide
Ownership under the Philippine Civil Code means legal authority over a thing or right—not merely possession, registration, or physical control.
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Can One Heir Become Sole Owner by Possession? Co-Heir Prescription
Can one heir become sole owner of inherited land by long possession? Learn Article 494, repudiation of co-ownership, how to prove it, and when prescription runs.
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How to File a Partition Case for Inherited Property in the Philippines
How do you file a partition case for inherited property in the Philippines? Learn when partition is available, who must be included, what the court decides, and how sale or physical division can follow.
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Heir Reimbursement for Taxes, Repairs, Improvements and Mortgage
Can an heir recover taxes, repairs, improvements or mortgage paid for inherited property? Learn the Civil Code rules on reimbursement, proof and partition.
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What Happens When Heirs Disagree About the Value of Inherited Property?
What happens when heirs disagree on the value of inherited land or a house? Learn how appraisals, buyouts, partition, evidence, and court-supervised sale can resolve valuation disputes.
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Rent From Inherited Property: Can One Heir Keep It All?
One heir cannot keep all rent from inherited property. Learn the Civil Code rules on sharing rent, allowed deductions, estate accounting and co-heir remedies.
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Can an Heir Occupy Inherited Property Without Paying the Other Heirs?
Can one heir live in inherited property without paying rent to the other heirs? Learn the co-ownership rules on possession, exclusive use, opposition, rent, and partition.
