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OPPOSING ISSUANCE
OF LETTERS
TESTaMENTARY,
PETITION AND
CONTEST FOR
LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION
SEC TIO N 1
Any person interested in a will
may state in writing the grounds
why letters testamentary should
not issue to the persons named
therein executors, or any of
them, and the court, after
hearing upon notice, shall pass
upon
sufficiency
of
such
grounds.
Who may
oppose the
issuance of
letters of
administration?
GENERAL RULE:
Any person
XCEPTION:
Even where a person who had
led a petition for the allowance
f the will of the deceased person
ad no right to do so in view of h
ack of interest in the estate,
evertheless, where the interested
Hearing on Petition
The Court having jurisdiction shall
Saguinsin vs.
Lindayag
Facts: Maria
V. Lindayag died
intestate and left real and
personal properties worth
approximately P100,000.00
She left her surviving spouse,
Dionisio Lindayag together with
their 3 legally adopted
children.