Drawing the Iron Curtain on Succession between the Illegitimate Child and the Legitimate Ascendants of his Parents
Miguel had a legitimate son named Arturo, while Arturo had a daughter named Angela, born out of a common law relationship between Arturo and Susan. Arturo died in 1978 while Miguel died without a will in 1999. Under the law on succession, a grandchild may inherit by right of representation from the estate of her…