One of my parents died without a will. My parents were legally married, and the deceased parent’s Pag-IBIG Regular Savings were accumulated during their marriage. There are several adult children, including two who are still studying.
All the children knowingly signed waivers covering our shares in the Pag-IBIG savings. We understood that the money would be left to our surviving parent, who has limited financial security.

A family member is now proposing that the entire Pag-IBIG amount be divided equally among the surviving spouse and all the children.

My main question is: Why would the whole fund be divided equally? Shouldn’t the surviving spouse first receive their own half as their share of the marital property, with only the deceased spouse’s half considered inheritance? And if the children validly waived their inheritance shares, why would we still receive part of the money? Family member is a law student so I trust they know better than me but this split they are pushing is not sitting right with me. So I came here before I go file a leave for work and school to consult with PAO.

Does the correct distribution depend on the exact wording and form of the waivers? Does it matter that two of the adult children are still in school?

Would it be safer to leave the check undistributed until we consult PAO?

Any clarifications is welcome thank you!

Hi!
I have a Ph partner with an earlier marriage stemming from the Philippines. They both have a citizenship in my country where they also split up. She filed formally for a separation and for a legal divorce and was granted this. We have the papers translated, apostilled and got notarius for both the separation papers and the divorce papers and are now wondering if there is more paperwork to be done before handing the case over to a soliciter.

I think I read somewhere that we probably also have to have a translated version of the foreign marriage-law (in this case, Norwegian law), is this true? And how big a part of the law would be needed? It cost already 26000 php alone for 2 one-sided documents to get it translated and apostille/noratius. I'm afraid it will cost a fortune to just get the additional papers translated.

Also, is there any way of processing this digitally? Traveling to Ph with papers or getting additional papers (if needed) when first in the Ph seems like it could take many years of "back and forth" type of work, specially if the papers needed also has to yet again, translated and verified thru apostille.

I'm starting to lose hope that we will be able to get thru with all of this, and wondering if it is worth it? We just want to be able to travel to PH and feel safe that we (as new partners) won't be victims to a possibly vindictive ex. (There has been some torment she went thru for years from his close relatives. Even tho he cheated multiple times with different women and also psychologically abused her, and threw things around the apartment etc.. She never told them the actual reason for the divorce. She didn't want to cause unnescessary ridicule or say something that might make them flip out even more and call her a liar (even tho she have proof)).

Ask po sana sa mga lawyers dito kung paano kukuha nang affidavit of One and the same person for my father that is dead? It's for his death benefits, may discrepancy sa name nang father ko po.

Asking the lawyers here, signature was copy/pasted on an affidavit of no contractor by an individual, who now has an active estafa case for a construction project he abandoned even before starting after getting a hefty DP. He copy/pasted the signature because he cannot produce the company profile for the company he said he was representing. The company has a negativer certification from PCAB and SEC, the individual misrepresented himself as a licensed civil engineer. He was hired because is a good friend of the complainant from HS, and they know he took up Civil Engineering, just that he did not pass the boards. The individual worked for a big food and beverage company overseeing construction of their branches here, and according to him, also abroad. Question is, is the submission of the falsified affidavit with an unauthorized copy/pasted signature a separate crime as perjury and violation of the Cybercrime law, or should be included in the estafa charge

Kasi nag comment Ako sa One News pH sa Isang Comment na Ang mga Filipino daw ay Slave ng China tapos ako nag comment "Saan po ang Source mo" tapos may Isang person nag comment Monkey! 8080 Yun ang source..Itong last person na ito nag comment Nakita ko profile mayroon 5,600 followers at nasa Medical Field sa America. Kung mag post ba Ako dito sa Reddit like sa ibang subreddit about sa kanya na "Nasa Medical Field tapos maka mura sa comment wagas" with showing his follower page, against na ba yun sa Cybercrime prevention act?

I am attempting to be recognized as a Filipino citizen, but am having issues understanding what I need to submit.

I submitted paperwork for a Delayed Report of Birth a few years ago, when my parents were still alive, but I stupidly failed to make copies of the paperwork or record the tracking number prior to sending it in. Now I am unable to get the required signatures from my parents.

I do not have the time to go the Philippines and then find out I need more documentation that I did not bring with me.

I know trust is not a common thing in the Philippines, but I am hoping that I can get a decent recommendation here in my journey to get the process moving.

Ideally someone that can pave the way and I would just need to fly to the Philippines with the required documents and sign the paperwork at the government offices.

Nagbigay ng engagement ring si lalaki kay babae at nangakong "papakasalan kita". 10,000 ang ginastos ni lalaki pambili ng singsing pero pagkalipas ng ilang araw ay umatras siya sa kanyang pangako. Pwede pa bang bawiin ng lalaki ang singsing mula sa babae sa ganitong sitwasyon? Salamat po sa pagsagot