PD 1083 Article 99

Order of succession.

Article 99

ARTICLE 99. Order of succession. — The heirs of a decedent shall inherit in the following order: (a) Sharers (ashab-ul-furud) shall be entitled to fixed shares; (b) Residuaries (ashab-ul-mirath) shall be entitled to the residue; (c) In the absence of the foregoing, the distant kindred (dhaw-ul-arham) who are blood relatives but are neither sharers nor residuaries; and (d) In default of the above, the acknowledged kinsman, universal legatee, or the public treasury (bait-ul-mal), in that order.

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