Text of the provision
Art. 1020. The heirs to whom the inheritance accrues shall succeed to all the rights and obligations which the heir who renounced or could not receive it would have had.
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Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
Heirs to whom the inheritance accrues succeed to all the rights and obligations the renouncing or incapacitated heir would have had.
Related provisions
- Article 1019 — Proportion of Accretion.
- Article 1021 — Accretion Among Compulsory Heirs.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.
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