PD 1083 Article 123

Exclusion among heirs.

Article 123

ARTICLE 123. Exclusion among heirs. — The exclusion of heirs from the inheritance shall be governed by the following rules: (a) In the same line, the relative nearest in degree excludes the more remote. (b) Full-blood relatives exclude the consanguine and the uterine. (c) Whoever is related to the decedent through any person shall not inherit while the latter is living, except in the case of a mother concurring with her children. (d) Heirs who, in a particular case, do not succeed by reason of disqualification on any ground shall not exclude others.

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