TABLE OF LEGITIMES AND INTESTATE SHARES

HEIRS LEGITIMES INTESTATE SHARES

1 LC (888) -½ - ALL
1 LC, SS (892) -½ 1/4 - ½;1/2 (equal share)
1LC, SS, IC - ½; ¼; IC ½ of each LC - ½;1/4;1/4
LC, SS (892) - ½; same as 1LC - 10:10:10(equal share)
LC, SS, IC (897/898) - ½; same as 1LC; ½ of each LC - Divide proportionately 10;
(same as LC) 10;5 ) (999)
IC (901) - -½ - All
IC, SS (894)- 1/3; 1/3 - ½ ½ (998)
IC, LP (896)- -1/4 ½ - ½ 1/2
IC, LP, SS (899) -1/4 ½ 1/8 - ¼ 1/2 ¼ (1000)
LP (899) - ½ - All
LP, SS (893) -½ ¼ - ½ 1/2 (997)
SS (900) - ½ or 1/3 or ½ - All (995)
IP - ½ (IGP: nothing) - All
IP, SS (903) - ¼; ¼ (IGP: nothing) - ½ 1/2
SS, B-S-N-N -½ none - ½ 1/2 (1001)
Other collateral
relatives - none - (up to 5th degree) (1003)
B-S-N-N - none -per capita/perstirpes
State - none - All
 LEGEND:
1 LC - one legitimate child
LC - legitimate children (two or more)
SS - surviving spouse
IC - illegitimate child or children
LP - legitimate parent or parents
IP - illegitimate parent or parents
IGP - illegitimate grandparent or parents
B-S-N-N - Brother (s) – sister (s) – nephew (s) - niece
 I. Order of Intestate Succession to the Estate of a Legitimate Child:

1st Group
LC and their LD
Special Group
2nd Group
IC and their LD and Special Group
LP and other LA
ID SS
3rd Group
CR up to 5th deg.
4th Group
S
Rules for explanation of diagram:
1) A main group excludes the next lower main group/groups.
Examples: the 1st group excludes the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Groups; the 2nd Group
excludes the 3rd and 4th Groups; the 3rd Group excludes the 4th.
2) A special group may concur with a main group to which it is connected. Example:
Special Group: SS may concur with the 1st, 2nd or 3rd Groups.
3) The two special groups may concur with each other.

II. Order of Intestate Succession to the Estate of an Illegitimate Child.

Same as above except that the second main group (LP and other LA) should be “IP”
(illegitimate parents), not including other ascendants, whether legitimate or
illegitimate.