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EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Civil Code, Article 1032, enumerates the people who are disqualified to succeed by 
reason of unworthiness. The first paragraph thereof reads: 
Article 1032. The following are incapable of succeeding by reason 
of unworthiness: 
(1) Parents who have abandoned their children or induced && 
daughters to lead a corrupt or immoral life, or attempted against their 
virtue.. . (underscoring supplied) 
The disqualification is gender-biased. It does not apply to parents who induce their sons 
to lead corrupt or immoral lives. 
This bill seeks to include in the list of disqualified people, parents who induce their sons 
to lead corrupt or immoral lives. 
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AN ACT 
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT 386, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CIVIL. CODE OF THE 
PHILIPPINES, ARTICLE 1032, ON UNWORTHINESS TO SUCCEED 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Republic Act no. 386, also known as the Civil Code of the Philippines, 
Article 1032 is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"Art. 1032. 
unworthiness: 
(1) Parents who have abandoned their children, induced THEM to lead a 
comipt or immoral life, or attempted against their virtue; 
The following are incapable of succeeding by reason of 
(2) Any person who has been convicted of an attempt against the life of 
the testator, his, her spouse, descendants, or ascendants; 
(3) Any person who has accused the testator of a crime for which the law 
prescribes imprisonment for six ( 6) years or more, if the accusation has 
been found groundless; 
(4) Any heir of full age who, having knowledge of the violent death of the 
testator, should fail to report it to an officer of the law within a month, 
unless the authorities have already taken action; this prohibition shall not 
apply to cases wherein; according to law, there is no obligation to make an 
accusation; 
(5) Any person convicted of adultery or concubinage with the spouse of 
the testator; 


(6) Any person who, by fraud, violence, intimidation, or undue influence 
should cause the testator to make a will or to change one already made. 
(7) Any person who by the same means prevents another from making a 
will or from revoking one already made, or who supplants, conceals or 
alters the latter’s will; 
(8) Any person who falsifies of forges a supposed will of the decedent.” 
SECTION 2. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
order, letter of i nstruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary t 0, or inconsistent 
with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly. 
SECTION 3. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved. 
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