Heirs under Statutory Succession
1. Heirs under statutory succession shall be determined in the following order:
a) First level of heirs includes: the spouse, biological parents, adoptive parents, biological children, and adopted children of the deceased;
b) Second level of heirs includes: the paternal grandparents, maternal grandparents, biological siblings (brothers and sisters) of the deceased; and the biological grandchildren of the deceased, where the deceased is their paternal or maternal grandparent;
c) Third level of heirs includes: the paternal great-grandparents and maternal great-grandparents of the deceased; the biological uncles, aunts, and maternal uncles of the deceased; the biological nieces and nephews of the deceased, where the deceased is their uncle, aunt, or maternal uncle; and the biological great-grandchildren, where the deceased is their paternal or maternal great-grandparent.
2. Persons of the same level of heirs shall be entitled to equal shares of the estate.
3. Persons in a subsequent level of heirs shall inherit only if there is no one in the preceding level due to death, lack of inheritance rights, disinheritance, or refusal to accept the inheritance.
(Legal basis: Article 651 of the 2015 Civil Code)
