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Title V — The Family

Article 159

EO 209 · Family Code of the Philippines

ELI5— what this means for you

The family home is extinguished (loses its protected status) when: the beneficiaries leave the property voluntarily with no intention of returning; when the court orders it upon good cause shown; or when all the beneficiaries have died.

Official text — EO 209

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