Text of the provision
Art. 1032. The following are incapable of succeeding by reason of unworthiness:
(1) Parents who have abandoned their children or induced their daughters to lead a corrupt or immoral life, or attempted against their virtue;
(2) Any person who has been convicted of an attempt against the life of the testator, his or her spouse, descendants, or ascendants;
(3) Any person who has accused the testator of a crime for which the law prescribes imprisonment for six years or more, if the accusation has been found groundless;
(4) Any heir of full age who, having knowledge of the violent death of the testator, should fail to report it to an officer of the law within a month, unless the authorities have already taken action; this prohibition shall not apply to cases wherein, according to law, there is no obligation to make an accusation;
(5) Any person convicted of adultery or concubinage with the spouse of the testator;
(6) Any person who by fraud, violence, intimidation, or undue influence should cause the testator to make a will or to change one already made;
(7) Any person who by the same means prevents another from making a will, or from revoking one already made, or who supplants, conceals, or alters the latter's will;
(8) Any person who falsifies or forges a supposed will of the decedent.
(756, 673, 674a)
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
Incapable by reason of unworthiness are, among others: parents who abandoned their children or induced them to lead a corrupt life; one convicted of an attempt against the life of the testator or close relatives; one who accused the testator of a crime punishable by six years or more, the accusation being found groundless; an heir of full age who knew of the violent death and failed to report it; and one who by fraud, violence, intimidation or undue influence caused the testator to make, change or revoke a will.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 1031 — Gifts to Disqualified Persons Are Void.
- Article 1033 — Condoning Unworthiness.
Cases citing this article
- Pedro Generosa, et al. vs. Pacita Prangan-Valera, G.R. No. 166521, August 31, 2006 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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