Article 385
RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision
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The following may ask for the declaration of absence: (1) The spouse present; (2) The heirs instituted in a will, who may present an authentic copy of the same; (3) The relatives who may succeed by the law of intestacy.
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