Who inherits when there is no will Philippines?

Under the Philippine law of intestate succession, (the decedent left no will), the compulsory heirs (spouse and children) will automatically inherit the estate of the decedent at the time of death. The estate includes both real estate and personal properties owned by the decedent.

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Are siblings compulsory heirs?

Brothers or sisters are not compulsory heirs. Thus, without a Will, they may not inherit. However, if there is an instance that brothers or sisters were instituted as heirs in a Will, still, they cannot receive the whole or all of their inheritance if it would reduce the lawful share of the compulsory heirs. Can an ancestor be alive? Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law, the person from whom an estate has been inherited." Some cultures confer reverence to ancestors, both living and dead; in contrast, some more youth-oriented cultural contexts display less veneration of elders.

People also ask is a sibling a descendant?

A person who was born into or legally adopted into the direct line of an individual's descent (e.g., children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren). A spouse, stepchild who has not been adopted by the stepparent, parent, grandparent, brother, or sister of an individual is not a descendant of that individual. Can an aunt be an ancestor? An ancestor is related to you only through being a parent of you, or of one of your ancestors. So, your siblings, uncles/aunts, cousins, etc are all your relatives. Your parents, their parents, their parents, their parents, ad infinum, are your ancestors.

Moreover, who are the descendants in law?

Descendants are those who are the issue of an individual, such as children, grandchildren, and their children, to the remotest degree. Descendants are those in a descending line of birth from an individual, rather than an ascending line, such as to the parents of the individual.