DIFFERENT KINDS OF OBLIGATION

Art. 1179-1230
New Civil Code of the Philippines
 PURE OBLIGATION

• Pure Obligation is one free from any condition and

there is no period of fulfillment, thus it is immediately
demandable. 
• Conditional obligation is one where its fulfillment is
upon the condition stipulated. Condition is a future
and uncertain event which can draw the effectivity or
extinguishment of an obligation.
 CONDITIONAL OBLIGATION

• Conditional obligation is one where its fulfillment is upon

the condition stipulated.
• Condition is a future and uncertain event which can draw
the effectivity or extinguishment of an obligation.
• A suspensive condition is a condition which suspends
rights and obligations (or the validity of the entire contract)
until a certain future event occurs. Upon the occurrence of
the event, the suspended part of the contract (or indeed the
entire contract) is brought to life.
• Resolutory condition refers to a condition whereby, upon
fulfillment terminates an already enforceable obligation.
 OBLIGATION WITH A PERIOD

• An obligation with a period is a kind

of obligation wherein its performance is subject to a
term or period, and can only be demandable when
that period expires. Such period is 'a day certain'
which must necessarily come, although it may not be
known when.
• Suspensive Period vs. Resolutory Period
 ALTERNATIVE OBLIGATION

• An obligation is alternative when two things are

equally due, under an alternative. The obligor is
bound to render only one of two or more items of
performance. Where a person engages to do, or to
give several things the payment of one will acquit him
of all.
 FACULTATIVE OBLIGATION

• Facultative obligation refers to a type

of obligation where one thing is due, but another is
paid in its place. In such type of obligations there is
no alternative provided. The debtor is given the right
to substitute the thing due with another that is not
due.
 JOINT OBLIGATION

• Joint Obligation– where the whole obligation is to be

paid or fulfilled proportionately by the different debtors
and demanded proportionately by the different
creditors.
 SOLIDARY OBLIGATION

• A solidary or ”joint and several” obligation is one in

which each debtor is liable for the entire obligation,
and each creditor is entitled to demand the
whole obligation.
 DIVISIBLE OBLIGATION
VS.
INDIVISIBLE OBLIGATION

• An obligation is divisible when the object of the

performance is susceptible of division.
• An obligation is indivisible when the object of the
performance, because of its nature or because of the
intent of the parties, is not susceptible of division. 
 OBLIGATION WITH A PENAL CLAUSE

• A penal clause is another obligation attached to the

principal one, requiring the payment or performance
of something, or simply, requiring a greater
responsibility, in case of noncompliance in order to
assure performance or to deter nonperformance.
• It is attached to obligations in order to insure their
performance.