Text of the provision
Art. 984. In case of the death of an adopted child, leaving no children or descendants, his parents and relatives by consanguinity and not by adoption, shall be his legal heirs.
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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
As originally enacted, where an adopted child died leaving no children or descendants, his parents and relatives by consanguinity — not by adoption — were his legal heirs.
How this article reads today. Adoption is no longer governed by the Civil Code. Republic Act No. 8552 (the Domestic Adoption Act of 1998) and, since 2022, Republic Act No. 11642 (which established an administrative process of domestic adoption) govern adoption and the successional consequences that follow from it. This article should be read subject to those statutes.
Questions about this provision
Related provisions
- Article 983 — Shares When Both Classes Survive.
- Article 988 — Illegitimate Children Take All.
Cases citing this article
- Bernardina P. Bartolome vs. Social Security System and Scanmar Maritime Services, Inc, G.R. No. 192531, November 12, 2014 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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