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2014 SHARI'A BAR EXAMINATION ON

SUCCESSION, WILLS AND ADJUDICATION OF ESTATE

A) Define Succ;ession under the Muslim Code?

B) What are the elements of Succession? Discuss each briefly.

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C) What are the disqualifications to Succession under the Muslim Code (Article 93,
PD 1083)?

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A) State the provisions on Simultaneous Death under the Muslim Code (Article 12,

P.D. 1083)?

B) Abo and Samad are Father and Son, respectively. They check-in in a Five Star
Hotel Roxas Boulevard, Manila. The said hotel was razed by a fire, and all of the

persons in the hotel were killed including Abo and Son.

Abo was survived by his following heirs: his only wife during his lifetime,
three (3) son, two (2) daughters and a germane brother.

While Samad was survived by his wife, two (2) daughters. Aho has a net
estate worth P960,000.00 and Samad has a net estate of P14,400,000.00.

Distribute the shares of the heirs of the two (2) deceased who can inherit

in terms of pesos.
III

A) What are the Order of Preference of Claims against the estate of decedent
provided under the Muslim Code (Article 135, P.O. 1083)?

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B) Reconcile them(s) with the Order of Preference of Claims against the estate of
the dec~dent under the well-recognized and established Islamic Jurisprudence.

C) What is the Liability of the heirs of the decedent as far as the latter's debt is
involved relative to his estate?
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IV

A) What are the three (3) kinds of Residuaries contemplated under the Muslim Code
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(Article 124, P.D. 1083)? Explain each briefly.

B) What is the Doctrine of Exclusion known as AL JABARI RULE?

C) A Muslim died leaving as his only heirs: two (2) full-blood sisters, three (3)
consanguine sisters, a daughter and a son's daughter.

Compute and distribute the shares of the heirs who can inherit in terms of
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pesos if the net state of the deceased is worth P480,000.00.

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A) What are the Order of Succession of heirs of the decedent under the Muslim
Code (Article 99, P.D. 1083)? Explain each briefly.

B) Who are the Distant Kindreds (Dhaw-ul-Arham) under the Muslim Code (Article
131, P.D. 1083)?

C) In what e~tend they inherit the hereditary estate in the absence of the Sharers and

Residuaries?

VI

A) Whai is the concept of EL HAMEL/ Conceived child?

B) What are the three (3) categories the EL HAMEL inherits from the estate of the
decedent?

C) A Muslim died survived by his pregnant wife, two (2) sons. Two (2) daughter,
six (6) full blood sisters, and two (2) uterine brothers.
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Compute and distribute the shares of the heirs of the deceased entitled to
inherit if the latter net estate is worth P96,000,000.00? How much shares be
reserved to the conceived child?

VII

A) Who are. the BLESSED BROTHERS and UNLUCKY /JINX BROTHERS

emphasized under the Law of Succession and Inheritance?
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B) A Muslim died survived by his paternal grandmother, two (2) daughters, a son's
daughtt!r and son's son? What kind of brother is the son's son?

Distribute the shares of the heirs entitled to inherit if the net estate of the
decedent is P162,000.00

C) A Muslim died leaving as her heirs: her husband, mother, full blood sister,
consanguine sister and a consanguine brother. What kind of brother is the

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consanguine brother?

VIII

A) State the
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provisions of BEQUEST BY OPERATION OF LAW under the Muslim

Code (Article 107, P.O. 1083)?

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B) What is the different between a disqualified heirs and excluded heir? How can
they affect the shares of the heirs of the decedent?

C) A Muslim died survived by his non-Muslim father who was never reverted to
Islam, his mother,.a daughter and a germane brother, and three (3) consanguine

brothers ..

" Compute and distribute the shares of the heirs entitled to inherit in the
light of the provisions of the Muslim Code (Article 107, P.O. 1083)? The
deceas&l has a net estate of P162,000.00.
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IX

. A) What is the' Doctrine of RADD (Reversion) under the Muslim Code (Article 130,
P.D. 1083)?
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B) A Muslim died survived by his wife, paternal grandmother, and two (2) uterine
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sisters.

Distribute the shares of the decedent's heirs who can inherit if he has a net
estate of P960 ,000 .00.

C) A Muslim died survived by her husband, and three (3) daughters.

Give the shares of heirs of the decedent who can inherit if deceased has a net
estate of Pl 14,000.00.

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A) What is.1 the concept of VESTED INHERITANCE under the Law of Succession
and Inheritance? When does it occur?
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B) A Muslim died leaving the following heirs: five (5) daughters, named: Farida,
Sapia, Noria, Pacma, and Maysalem. Before the distributions of the estate of the
decedent, Sapia died. '

Distribute the shares of the heirs of the decedent who can inherit in terms of
pesos, if the deceased left a net estate of P 5, 000, 000. 00.

. C) A Muslim 'died leaving a net estate of Pt 2,000,000.00 to his surviving heirs:

father, daughter, and germane brother. The father died before the distribution of
the estate leaving the above deceased as his heirs.

Distrlbute the shares of the heirs of the deceased in terms of pesos,