Text of the provision
Art. 950. If the estate should not be sufficient to cover all the legacies or devises, their payment shall be made in the following order:
(1) Remuneratory legacies or devises;
(2) Legacies or devises declared by the testator to be preferential;
(3) Legacies for support;
(4) Legacies for education;
(5) Legacies or devises of a specific, determinate thing which forms a part of the estate;
(6) All others pro rata.
(887a)
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
If the estate is not sufficient to cover all legacies (and there are no compulsory heirs), payment follows this order: (1) remuneratory legacies; (2) legacies declared preferential by the testator; (3) legacies for support; (4) legacies for education; (5) legacies of a specific determinate thing; (6) all others, pro rata.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 949 — Non-Specific Bequests.
- Article 951 — Delivery With Accessories.
Cases interpreting this article
- Authorities on this article will be added here as each is verified against primary sources.