Letters of Administration
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

 

 

COMES NOW the plaintiff by the undersigned attorney, and unto this Honorable Court, respectfully alleges:

 

1. That plaintiff is of age, married/single, and resident of ___________________;

 

2. That he is the legitimate son of deceased ___________________ who died intestate in the municipality of _______________________ on ___________________;

 

3. That the deceased ___________________ left the following legal heirs to wit ,

___________________, husband, of legal age, and resident of _____________________ ; ____________________, daughter, of legal age and resident of ___________________, ___________________ daughter, a minor of 16 years of age, and residing at ___________________; etc., etc.

 

4. That the deceased ______________ , during her marriage with the above-named ____________________, acquired real and personal property, particularly described as follows, to wit ________________________:

 

5. That the surviving husband ___________________, even dur­ing the lifetime of his legitimate wife or the deceased ______________________, had been maintaining marital relations with another woman with whom he has at present several children;

 

6. That the surviving husband, _________________, since the death of his wife, _______________________ , had not made any settle­ment, judicial or extrajudicial, of the property of his deceased wife _______________________;

 

7. That, on the contrary, the said surviving husband _____________________ , continued to manage and control the property left by the deceased wife, _______________________, to his own benefit and advantage, to the exclusion of the legal rights of the above-named heirs, some of whom are already of age, married, and heads of families;

 

8. That the petitioner herein, as one of the legal heirs of the deceased _________________, had on several occasions, requested of his father, to make a settlement and liquidation of the estate left by the said deceased __________________, and to deliver to all the legal heirs what is due to each and every one of them, but the said _____________________________ refused to do so, without any justifiable reason;

 

9. That the said__________________ is managing and controlling the estate of the deceased _________________________ to his own advantage and to the advantage and benefit of his illegitimate wife and ;illegitimate children, and to the damage and prejudice of the herein petitioner and his co-heirs, that unless another administrator is appointed by this Honorable Court, the property sought herein to be divided and which was left by the deceased____________________________ at the time of her death will likely diminish, if not entirely perish;

 

10. That your petitioner, as the eldest son of deceased ___________________ is competent and willing to act as such administrator of the estate of the deceased;

 

11. That for the protection of the rights and interests of the minor children _________________, a guardian ad litem be appointed by this Honorable Court, for the purposes of these proceedings;

 

12. That your petitioner is also competent and willing to act as such guardian ad litem for minors ______________.

 

WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing, it is respectfully prayed:

 

(a) That after due hearing, letters of administration be issued to the herein petitioner ____________________for the administration of the estate of the deceased _______________________ , upon the giving of a bond in such reasonable sum as this Honorable Court may fix;

 

(b) That petitioner, ______________________ , be appointed guardian ad

litem for minors _______________________, for purposes of these proceedings;

 

(c) That after all the property of the deceased _______________________ have been inventoried and expenses and just debts, if any, have been paid and the legal heirs of the deceased fully determined, that the said estate of___________________________ ____________________ be settled and distributed among the legal heirs of ____________________________, all in accordance with law;

 

(d) That such other remedies based on law and equity be granted the petitioner.

 

Manila,_______________ , 19_____.

 

 

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Attorney for the Petitioner
                                                                                                             R-204 Zubiri Bldg.
                                                                                                          Escolta, Manila