LEGENDS TABLE OF

legitimes
FREE PORTION

SURVIVING SPOUSE

ASCENDANTS
LEGITIMATE CHILDREN

PARENTS

ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN

SUBMITTED BY: SUBMITTED TO:

KAIFA GONTINAS ATTY. JEREMIAH REYNALDO

COMPULSORY FREE
PROVISION CIRCUMSTANCE LEGITIME PIE CHART
HEIRS PORTION

NO SURVIVING SPOUSE, NO 1/2 OF THE

LEGITIMATE
ART 888 ASCENDANTS, SURVIVED BY
CHILDREN
HEREDITARY 1/2
LEGITIMATE CHILDREN ESTATE

SURVIVED BY LEGITIMATE 1/2 OF THE

LEGITIMATE
ART 889 PARENTS; NO SURVIVING
PARENTS
HEREDITARY 1/2
SPOUSE OR DESCENDANTS ESTATE

1/2 TO BE
NO SURVIVING PARENTS LEGITIMATE
ART 890 BUT HAS ASCENDANTS ASCENDANTS
DIVIDED 1/2
EQUALLY

LEGITIMATE
1/2 TO
SURVIVED BY LEGITIMATE CHILDREN;
ART 892 CHILD AND SPOUSE SURVIVING
CHILDREN, 1/4
1/4
TO SPOUSE
SPOUSE

SURVIVING
WITHOUT CHILDREN BUT 1/4 TO SPOUSE;
SPOUSE;
ART 893 SURVIVED BY SPOUSE AND
LEGITIMATE
1/2 TO 1/4
ASCENDANTS ASCENDANTS
ASCENDANTS

ILLEGITIMATE
NO LEGITIMATE CHILDREN; 1/3 TO IC
CHILDREN;
ART 894 HAS ILLEGITIMATE
SURVIVING SPOUSE
1/3 TO SPOUSE 1/3
CHILDREN

ILLEGITIMATE
SURVIVED BY LEGITIMATE CHILDREN; 1/4 TO IC,
ART 895 & AND ILLEGITIMATE LEGITIMATE 1/2 TO LC NO FREE
897 & 898 CHILDREN; SURVIVED BY CHILDREN; 1/4 TO SS PORTION
SPOUSE SURVIVING SPOUSE

ILLEGITIMATE
1/4 TO IC;
NO SPOUSE, SURVIVED BY CHILDREN;
1/2 TO
ART 896 ILLEGITIMATE CHILD AND LEGITIMATE
PARENTS
1/4
PARENTS PARENTS

LEGITIMATE 1/2 TO
PARENTS; PARENTS
ILLEGITIMATE 1/4 TO IC
ART 899 NO LEGITIMATE CHILDREN
CHILDREN; 1/8 TO
1/8

SURVIVING SPOUSE SPOUSE

SURVIVED ONLY BY THE SURVIVING

ART 900 SPOUSE SPOUSE
1/2 1/2

HAS ILLEGITIMATE
ILLEGITIMATE
ART 901 CHILDREN; NO OTHER
CHILDREN
1/2 TO IC 1/2
COMPULSORY HEIRS

NO SPOUSE OR
DESCENDANTS; LEGITIMATE
1/8 TO PARENTS;
SURVIVED BY SPOUSE AND PARENTS;
ART 903 LEGITIMATE PARENTS; NO SURVIVING
1/4 TO SPOUSE 5/8

DESCENDANTS SPOUSE