Table of Intestate Shares
Legitimate children alone
Legitimate children + illegitimate children
Legitimate children + surviving spouse
Legitimate children + surviving spouse +
illegitimate children
Legitimate parents alone
Legitimate ascendants other than parents
alone
Legitimate parents + illegitimate children
Legitimate parents + surviving spouse
Legitimate parents + surviving spouse +
illegitimate children
Illegitimate children alone
Illegitimate children + surviving spouse
Surviving spouse alone
Surviving spouse + illegitimate parents
Surviving spouse + legitimate brothers and
sisters, nephew and nieces
The whole estate divided equally
The whole estate
Each illegitimate child getting 1/2 share of
one legitimate child
The whole estate
Divided equally
The whole estate
Each illegitimate child getting 1/2 share of
one legitimate child
The whole estate
Divided equally
The whole estate
Observing in the proper case, division by line
alone
Legitimate parents = ½ of the estate
Illegitimate children = ½ of the estate
Legitimate parents = ½ of the estate
Surviving spouse = ½ of the estate
Legitimate parents = ½ of the estate
Surviving spouse= ½ of the estate
Illegitimate children = ¼ of the estate
The whole estate
Divided equally
Illegitimate children = ½ of the estate
Surviving spouse = ½ of the estate
The whole estate
Surviving spouse = ½ of the estate
Illegitimate children = ½ of the estate
Note: No article in the Civil Code provides
for this, Art. 997 is applied only by analogy
Surviving spouse = ½ of the estate

Surviving spouse + illegitimate brothers
and sisters, nephews and nieces
Illegitimate parents alone
Illegitimate parents and children of any
kind
Legitimate brothers and sisters alone
Legitimate brothers and sisters, nephews
and nieces
Nephews and nieces with uncles and aunts
Illegitimate brothers and sisters alone
Illegitimate brothers and sisters, nephews
and nieces
Nephews and nieces alone
Other collateral relatives
State
Legitimate brothers and sisters, nephews and
nieces = ½ of the estate
Surviving spouse = ½ of the estate
Illegitimate brothers and sisters, nephews and
nieces = ½ of the estate
The whole estate
Illegitimate parents = EXCLUDED
One child alone = the whole estate
Legitimate and illegitimate children = the
whole estate, each illegitimate child getting ½
share of one legitimate child.
The whole estate.
With a brother / sister of half-blood inheriting
½ the share of a brother / sister in full blood.
The whole estate
Observing 2:1 proportion of full and half-
blood fraternity and the nephews and nieces
inheriting by right of representation in proper
cases.
Uncles and Aunts = EXCLUDED
Nephews and nieces = the whole estate per
capita but observing 2:1 proportion for full
and half-blood
The whole estate.
Observing 2:1 proportion of full and half-
blood fraternity
The whole estate
Applying Art. 1005 and Art. 1008 by analogy
The whole estate
Observing 2:1 proportion of full and half-
blood fraternity
The whole estate per capita the nearer in
degree excluding the more remote
The whole estate.
Assignment and disposition
1. If decedent was a resident of the
Philippines at any time

a. Personal property goes to the

municipality of last residence; and
b. Real property goes to the municipality
where it is situated

2. If decedent was never a resident

a. Personal and real property go to the

municipality where it is situated

How property is to be used

1. For the benefit of public educational

and charitable institutions in the
respective municipalities and cities
2. At the instance of an interested party,
or motu proprio, the court may order
the creation of a permanent trust for
the benefit of the institution concerned