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Clarifying Debt Liability When Personal Obligations Meet Family Debts
Supreme Court clarifies when assuming a parent's debt creates novation and when interest is due under Philippine law.
Novation and Solidary Obligations: Understanding Debt Liability in the Philippines
Learn when novation applies to debts in the Philippines and why solidary obligors remain liable despite bounced checks or alleged substitutions.