reserved share shall be disposed of as in an intestate succession.
Ar cle 1156 The par oning of a decedent’s estate shall be conducted in a way bene cial to produc on and
people’s livelihood, and without diminishing its e cacy.
If an estate is unsuitable for par oning, it may be disposed of by such means as appraisal, appropriate
compensa on, or coownership.
Ar cle 1157 A surviving spouse who remarries is en tled to disposing of the property he or she has
inherited, free from interference by any organiza on or individual.
Ar cle 1158 A natural person may enter into an agreement on testamentary gi for inter vivos support with
an organiza on or individual other than a successor. Such organiza on or individual assumes, in accordance
with the agreement, a duty to support the said person during his life me, and a ends to his interment a er
death, in return for the right to receive the testamentary gi under the agreement.
Ar cle 1159 Upon par oning an estate, the taxes and debts payable or owed by the decedent in
accordance with law shall be paid out of the estate, provided that a necessary por on of the estate is
preserved for any successor who has neither the ability to work nor the source of income.
Ar cle 1160 An estate with neither a successor nor a donee-by-will shall be escheated to the State for public
interest purposes. Where the decedent was a member of a collec ve organiza on at the me of his death,
the estate shall be escheated to the collec ve organiza on.
Ar cle 1161 A successor shall pay the taxes and debts legally payable or owed by the decedent to the extent
of the actual value of the por on of the estate he inherits, unless the successor pays voluntarily in excess of
such limit.
A successor who disclaims inheritance assumes no responsibility for the payment of taxes and debts legally
payable or owed by the decedent.
Ar cle 1162 The execu on of a testamentary gi shall not a ect the payment of taxes and debts legally
payable or owed by the donor-by-will.
Ar cle 1163 Where intestate succession, testate succession, and testamentary gi concurrently exist, the
taxes and debts legally payable or owed by the decedent shall be paid by the intestate successor(s); such
taxes and debts in excess of the actual value of the por on of the estate inherited by the intestate
successor(s) shall be paid by the testamentary successor(s) and donee(s)-by-will in propor on to the shares
of the estate each of them has received.
Book Seven Tort Liability
Chapter I General Rules
Ar cle 1164 This Book regulates the civil-law rela ons arising from the infringement of the civil-law rights
and interests.
Ar cle 1165 An actor who through his fault infringes upon another person’s civil-law rights and interests shall
bear tort liability.
Where an actor is presumed to be at fault according to the provisions of law and is unable to prove that he is
not at fault, the actor shall bear tort liability.
Ar cle 1166 Where an actor harms the civil-law rights and interests of another person, if the law provides
that tort liability shall be borne by such an actor disregarding whether or not the actor is at fault, such
provisions shall be followed.
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