Can heirs demand an accounting from the heir managing the estate? Learn what estate money may be used for, which sale expenses can be deducted, and how to bring an accounting action.
Who pays funeral, last-illness, and estate settlement expenses in the Philippines? Learn when expenses belong to the estate and when an heir can seek reimbursement.
Can an heir recover taxes, repairs, improvements or mortgage paid for inherited property? Learn the Civil Code rules on reimbursement, proof and partition.
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.
What can you do if an estate settlement hid an heir or property? Learn the Philippine remedies involving Rule 74, fraud, reconveyance, accounting, title correction, and court action.
When can an extrajudicial settlement be challenged after signing? Learn the key Philippine issues: fraud, mistake, lack of consent, excluded heirs, invalid waivers, and prescription.
What happens when an heir dies before the first estate is settled? Learn how the deceased heir’s inherited rights may pass into a second estate and why two succession layers may need to be resolved.
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.
What happens if an heir is missing or cannot be located during estate settlement in the Philippines? Learn why they cannot simply be omitted and when judicial settlement may be necessary.
Do heirs inherit a deceased person’s debts in the Philippines? Learn how estate obligations are paid, the heirs’ liability limit, creditor claims, and why debts are settled before distribution.