The Heirs Commentary-unas.docx

The article is all about a person's estate after death, the heirs and inheritances as well as the kinds of properties and how can these be acquired through succession. When we hear the word estate, we always associate it with last will and testament. It is true that the last will and testament of a person is a personal and free act since he has the capacity to decide on who will be the beneficiaries of his properties. At the present time, we cannot deny that there are many issues involved when we talk about the estate and inheritances. One of the things I usually hear on the radio or on the television is the fraudulent act of a supposed heir to modify the will of the deceased. This happens when one tries to interfere with the existing will for his own benefit. Another is when the heir invokes for his inheritance to be given to him even though the parent owner is still alive. Sometimes, when the law operates for the estate of the deceased, a new set of family will come to claim for the deceased's properties and this will lead to a more complex issue of discovering a second family. We learned that, as said in the article, there are also restrictions imposed by law with regard to the disposal of one's property. Maybe an example of this is when the children inherits not the properties but the obligations left by their deceased parents. This usually happens when a person before his death, excessively used his assets through gambling, payments of loans and other related factors which causes the estates' insufficiency. These stories, though not new, are still issues to be worried about since it reflects the kind of society we are living in. Some people nowadays, tend to focus on the material aspect of the property rather than realizing the purpose of the deceased's last will and testament. Sometimes the compulsory heirs question the partition of the property in case they felt that they deserve more. With regard to voluntary heirs, we concur that the will must be in writing in order for the voluntary heir to succeed. This is to prevent the fraud that might happen if the will is not in writing. We agree with the article that the courts must identify the intention of the deceased in his wills. If the will is in accordance with the law and no other external factors have affected it, we believed that we should respect ones will and follow what was stated therein. It is true that many people will think over the property but what is important was the deceased's request has been executed through following what was written in the will.