APPEALS IN SPECIAL

PROCEEDINGS

Period to Appeal- thirty (30) days
from receipt of notice of the
judgment or final order

Requirement- notice of appeal
and record of appeal
APPEALS IN SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

a notice
stating that
the petition
dated ___ is
hereby
appealed.
notice of appeal record of appeal
summary of
the case to be
appealed

Where to appeal-
(a) To the Regional Trial Court, in
cases decided by the Metropolitan
Trial Court, Municipal Trial Court
in Cities, Municipal Trial Court, or
Municipal Circuit Trial Court;
APPEALS IN SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

Where to appeal-
(b) To the Court of Appeals or to
the Supreme Court in the proper
cases provided by law, in cases
decided by the Regional Trial
Court
APPEALS IN SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

Where to appeal-
(c) To the Supreme Court, in cases
decided by the Court of Appeals
APPEALS IN SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

An interested person may appeal
in special proceedings from an
order or judgment rendered by a
Court of First Instance or a
Juvenile and Domestic Relations
Court, where such order or
judgment:
Section 1. Orders or judgments from
which appeals may be taken

(a) Allows or disallows a will;
Section 1. Orders or judgments from
which appeals may be taken

(b) Determines who are the
lawful heirs of a deceased person,
or the distributive share of the
estate to which such person is
entitled;
Section 1. Orders or judgments from
which appeals may be taken

(c) Allows or disallows, in whole
or in part, any claim against the
estate of a deceased person, or any
claim presented on behalf of the
estate in offset to a claim against
it;
Section 1. Orders or judgments from
which appeals may be taken

(d) Settles the account of an
executor, administrator, trustee or
guardian;
Section 1. Orders or judgments from
which appeals may be taken

(e) Constitutes, in proceedings
relating to the settlement of the estate
of a deceased person, or the
administration of a trustee or
guardian, a final determination in the
lower court of the rights of the party
appealing, except that no appeal shall
be allowed from the appointment of a
special administrator;
Section 1. Orders or judgments from
which appeals may be taken

(f) Is the final order or judgment
rendered in the case, and affects
the substantial rights of the
person appealing, unless it be an
order granting or denying a
motion for a new trial or for
reconsideration.
Section 1. Orders or judgments from
which appeals may be taken

Notwithstanding a pending controversy or
appeal in proceedings to settle the estate of
a decedent, the court may, in its discretion
and upon such terms as it may deem proper
and just, permit that such part of the estate
as may not be affected by the controversy or
appeal be distributed among the heirs or
legatees, upon compliance with the
conditions set forth in Rule 90 of these
rules.
Section 2. Advance distribution in special
proceedings

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