The Unequal Inheritance: It can work or It can destroy to a Filipino Family’s Relationship

Filipinos are known for having strong and close family ties they place high regard and put importance on
their family before anything else they work all day and do all they can to feed and provide for their family,
In other countries, when a person turned 18, he or she can live away from his or her family but in the
Philippines, they value their family so much that they keep them intact through the years, Filipinos get
along with different kinds of people. They can easily adjust to any situation and are flexible. This trait
fosters cooperation, good and helpful deeds. When their neighbors are in trouble, they will help them in
whatever they can. They also do not let their family members go through hard times alone, instead, they
help each other. In a Filipino family, our parents usually cook for us, that’s what one of the ways on how
they show their love. Also, through good and bad times, Filipinos always find a way to smile and be
happy. Whatever the problem is, we are always reminded that our family’s always there to love and
support us no matter what. But when it comes to inheritance Filipino families had similarities and one of
the most common disputes Filipino families have is dividing their inheritance from parents or other
relatives who passed away. This happens most of the time if the deceased failed to write a will or didn’t
allocate their properties equally. There are also cases where rights of legitimate and illegitimate children
are unclear. On the other hand, If the parent or owner failed to write a will before their death, the law will
be taken into action this is called intestacy If the deceased has immediate family or other relatives that are
still alive, properties will automatically be given to them. If, however, the deceased no longer have
relatives, all the properties will immediately be transferred to the ownership of the government.
According to Phil Realty Global If the deceased has a surviving spouse half of the property will be
inherited by the spouse and the rest of the half will be distributed equally among the children of the
deceased and still, together with the spouse the spouse here, is considered a legitimate child, adopted
children possess the same rights as the legitimate children and that is also written on the Philippine code.
Definitely when they are talking about inheritance it is a big deal for them because it is a time that they
can get what we called “pamana” from their parents or grand parents and if that inheritance cannot be
equally divided to their inheritors that’s the beginning of destroying their family even the Filipino context
or culture because sometimes that mentality of people they can cause blindness for them and they’re only
thinking that there is something wrong and they also think that is not fair for them specially if that
inheritors might also have children and their reason is what’s best for their family.