Title VI — Paternity and Filiation
Article 181
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The legitimation of children who die before the celebration of the parents' marriage shall benefit their descendants. The deceased child's children (grandchildren of the parents) inherit as if the deceased child had been legitimated.
Official text — EO 209
The legitimation of children who died before the celebration of the marriage shall benefit their descendants. (274)
Source: lawphil.net (EO 209 as amended)
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