Civil Law — 2024

1. Carlos and Chloe scheduled their intimate wedding on September 4, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in Manila. Chloe purchased from Angelica a gold wedding ring with engraving “Love, Carlos” for PHP 1,000,000.00. …

2. Viada and Blanco are best friends. In July 2024, Blanco sold to Castan a parcel of land registered in Viada’s name. Blanco signed the deed of absolute sale in behalf of Viada and pretended as his a…

3. Alice and Sheila occupied a parcel of land which they inherited from their parents. In 2003, Alice executed an affidavit of self-adjudication over the property and was issued a certificate of title…

4. In 2017, Maloi leased her real property to Sheena for a period of 10 years with rental escalation clause which reads: “For the first five years, the rental rate shall be PHP 10,000.00 per month sub…

5. Primo, a French national and permanent resident of Canada, executed in the Philippines a holographic will which he entirely wrote, dated and signed. Primo enumerated in the will various real and pe…

6. In 2021, Jesse and Celeste got married. After a year, Jesse took all their savings and abandoned Celeste for his paramour Diana. Jesse asked Diana to quit her job. Diana hesitated because she has n…

7. Lloyd had a long-time crush with his childhood friend Miggy. Lloyd always dreamed of building a family with Miggy but Philippine laws disapprove of same-sex marriages. Lloyd then migrated and estab…

8. In 1990, Monica was born during the marriage of her parents Anton and Steph. In 2024, Monica discovered that a certain Patrick signed as the father in her birth certificate. Monica looked for Patri…

9. Zion purchased a condominium unit from Hammered Homes Realty (HHR) for PHP 10,000,000.00. Zion paid a down payment of PHP 2,000,000.00, while the balance of PHP 8,000,000.00 is payable for a period…

10. Caloy died with a net estate of PHP 240 million, survived by his: (1) father - Cesar; (2) spouse - Grace; (3) legitimate children - Teddy and Bobbie; (4) illegitimate child - Rebreb; and (5) siste…

11. Rico mortgaged a parcel of land to Maris as security for a loan. In the mortgage contract, Rico appointed Maris as attorney-in-fact for the purpose of selling the land in case of default in the pa…

12. Kiko leased a parcel of land to Jackie from January to December 2024 or for a period of one year. In July 2024, Kiko sent to Jackie a letter which reads: “I am giving you the first opportunity to …

13. Klyde and his predecessors-in-interest had been in open, continuous, exclusive and notorious possession and occupation of a 10-hectare agricultural land of the public domain under a bona fide clai…

14. In 2015, Sergio and Calista got married. In 2019, Sergio started complaining about his recurring and severe migraines. Sergio then left without informing Calista his whereabouts. Eventually, Calis…

15. Ginny arrived at Star Viva Hotel (SVH) and entrusted the ignition key of her vehicle to parking attendant Marco, who in turn, issued a valet parking customer claim stub. After parking the vehicle,…

16. In 2021, Kynan was born to live-in partners Popoy and Basha. After a year, Popoy and Basha parted ways due to irreconcilable differences. Basha worked as a market vendor to support Kynan and often…

17. Lennon made a last will and testament which contained two simple dispositions, to wit: “First, I am leaving one-half of my estate in favor of the poor…. Second, I am leaving the other half of my e…

18. Sharon owned a parcel of land adjoining the sea with flat terrain at the center and elevated rocky northern part. Sharon executed a written instrument where she donated the portion with flat terra…

19. On July 5, 2024, Odrey and Jeboy executed a notarized agreement for the sale of real property which reads: “Odrey agrees to sell Lot 0416 to Jeboy for a total consideration of PHP 1,000,000.00. Up…

20. Alan, a mall security guard, negligently shot Kazuto, a customer who died on the spot. The heirs of Kazuto filed an action for damages against Alan, for his own negligence, and his employer, Ryota…