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Redemption Rights and Time Limits: When the Clock Stops Ticking in Foreclosures
Understand when a foreclosure buyer gets possession, how redemption periods work, and why a donation mortis causa needs probate.
Void Donations: Strict Compliance With Will Formalities for Mortis Causa Transfers
Donations mortis causa must follow will formalities or they are void. Learn from Echavez v. Dozen Construction.
Irrevocable Donations: When a “Donation Mortis Causa” Is Really Inter Vivos
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies when an irrevocable donation labeled "mortis causa" is actually a donation inter vivos, with practical legal implications.
Donation Mortis Causa vs Inter Vivos: Understanding Estate Transfers in the Philippines
Philippine Supreme Court explains when a donation is mortis causa, not inter vivos, and why formalities of a will matter.
Donation Inter Vivos vs Mortis Causa: Philippine Law on Property Transfers
Philippine Supreme Court clarifies how to distinguish donation inter vivos from mortis causa, and when donations become irrevocable.