Text of the provision
Art. 1047. A married woman of age may repudiate an inheritance without the consent of her husband.
(995a)
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
A married woman of age may repudiate an inheritance without her husband's consent.
The rule exists as a specific, express exception: because repudiating an inheritance only gives something up rather than creating a new obligation or burden on the marriage, the law lets a married woman of age make that decision on her own, without needing her husband's consent. The phrase 'of age' matters — it ties her capacity to act here to ordinary civil majority rather than to marital status, so the deciding factor is her age, not whether she is married, once she has reached the age at which the law recognizes full civil capacity.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 1046 — Public Establishments.
- Article 1048 — Deaf-Mutes.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.