CASE DIGEST: Lowella Yap vs. Almeda Yap, Hearty Yap-Dybongco and Diosdado Yap Jr., G.R. No. 222259, October 17, 2022
FACTS: Diosdado Yap Sr. died and left as heirs his wife, Almeda, their marital children Josie, Hearty and Diosdado Jr. and an acknowledged nonmarital child, Lowella. After the death of their father, Lowella and Josie discovered that a portion of the decedent’s estate has been extrajudicially partitioned among Almeda, Hearty and Diosdado Jr. This prompted …