Text of the provision
Art. 387. An administrator of the absentee's property shall be appointed in accordance with article 383.
(187a)
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
An administrator of the absentee’s property is appointed following article 383 — that is, under the same order of preference used for appointing a representative.
This provision does the same work for the property administrator that article 383 does for the initial representative: rather than setting out a separate order of preference, it simply directs that the same rule be applied again. In practice, the present spouse, absent a legal separation, is also the presumptive choice to administer the absentee’s property once a formal declaration of absence has been made, and the court turns to any other competent person only in the same circumstances already described — no spouse, or a spouse who is a minor.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 386 — Declaration Effective After Six Months.
- Article 388 — Wife Administrator Needs Authority.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.