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BERSAMIN, J.:
The disposition by sale of a portion of the conjugal
property by the surviving spouse without the prior
liquidation mandated by Article 130 of the Family Code is
not necessarily void if said portion has not yet been
allocated by judicial or extrajudicial partition to another
heir of the deceased spouse. At
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1Original records, p. 20.
2Id., at p. 173.
3Id., at pp. 22-24 (the contract was denominated as Deed of Absolute
Sale of a Portion of Real Property).
4Id., at p. 26.
5Id., at p. 27.
6Id., at pp. 1-7.
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7 Id., at pp. 31-43.
8 Rollo, pp. 22-25.
9 Id.
10Id.
11Id.
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12Id., at pp. 24-25.
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13Id., at pp. 26-27.
14Id., at p. 65.
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15Article 175. The conjugal partnership of gains terminates:
1. Upon the death of either spouse.
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16 Dael v. Intermediate Appellate Court, G.R. No. 68873, March 31,
1989, 171 SCRA 524, 532-533.
17 Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. v. Pascual, G.R. No. 163744,
February 29, 2008, 547 SCRA 246.
18Acabal v. Acabal, G.R. No. 148376, March 31, 2005, 454 SCRA 555,
581.
19Id., at p. 582.
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20Aguirre v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 122249. January 29, 2004, 421
SCRA 310, 324, citing Fernandez v. Fernandez, G.R. No. 143256, August
28, 2001, 363 SCRA 811, 829.
21 Metrobank v. Pascual, supra, note 17, at p. 260, quoting from
Aromin v. Floresca, G.R. No. 160994, July 27, 2006, 496 SCRA 785, 815.
22Rollo, pp. 62-67, 79-83.
23No. L-78178, April 15, 1988, 160 SCRA 738.
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24Id., at p. 745.
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25 I Paras, Civil Code of the Philippines Annotated, Sixteenth Ed., p.
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