Donasyong lupa sa kapatid

ni Atty. Persida Rueda-Acosta - @Magtanong Kay Attorney | January 12, 2022

Dear Chief Acosta,

Gusto ko sanang bigyan ng lupa ang aking bunsong kapatid na siyang nag-alaga sa aking mga anak mula noong 2010. Gusto ko siyang pasalamatan dahil sa pag-aaruga niya sa aking mga anak. Tapos ko nang gawin ang aking Deed of Donation. Ano naman ang kailangang gawin ng kapatid ko upang magkaroon ng bisa at naayon sa batas ang ibinigay kong donasyon sa kanya? – Martina

Dear Martina,

Para sa inyong kaalaman, ang batas na sumasaklaw sa sitwasyong iyong inilahad ay ang Articles 745, 746 at 749 ng New Civil Code of the Philippines, kung saan nakasaad ang sumusunod:

“Article 745. The donee must accept the donation personally, or through an authorized person with a special power for the purpose, or with a general and sufficient power; otherwise, the donation shall be void.

Article 746. Acceptance must be made during the lifetime of the donor and of the donee. (n)

Article 749. In order that the donation of an immovable property may be valid, it must be made in a public document, specifying therein the property donated and the value of the charges which the donee must satisfy.

The acceptance may be made in the same deed of donation or in a separate public document, but it shall not take effect unless it is done during the lifetime of the donor.

If the acceptance is made in a separate instrument, the donor shall be notified thereof in an authentic form, and this step shall be noted in both instruments.”

(Binigyang-diin)

Paliwanag din ng ating Korte Suprema, sa kasong Elvira T. Arangote vs. Spouses Martin Maglunob and Lourdes S. Maglunob and Romeo Salido (G.R. No. 178906, February 18, 2009, Ponente: Honorable Former Associate Justice Minita V. Chico-Nazario):

“There are three requisites for the validity of a simple donation of a real property, to wit: (1) it must be made in a public instrument; (2) it must be accepted, which acceptance may be made either in the same Deed of Donation or in a separate public instrument; and (3) if the acceptance is made in a separate instrument, the donor must be notified in an authentic form, and the same must be noted in both instruments.

xxx xxx xxx

The title to an immovable property does not pass from the donor to the donee by virtue of a Deed of Donation until and unless it has been accepted in a public instrument and the donor duly notified thereof.

xxx xxx xxx

Where the Deed of Donation fails to show the acceptance, or where the formal notice of the acceptance, made in a separate instrument, is either not given to the donor or not noted in the Deed of Donation and in the separate acceptance, the donation is null and void. xxx xxx xxx”

(Binigyang-diin)

Maliwanag na nabanggit sa batas na bilang donor ay kinakailangan ninyong gumawa at panotaryuhan ang Deed of Donation na naglalarawan ng eksaktong sukat, lugar at deskripsiyon ng lupa na inyong ibinibigay sa inyong kapatid. Ang inyong kapatid naman ay kinakailangang ipaalam sa inyo ang kanyang pagtanggap sa inyong donasyon sa pamamagitan ng pagpirma sa inyong isinagawang Deed of Donation o sa hiwalay na dokumento na nagsasabing tinatanggap niya ang lupang inyong ibinigay sa kanya.

Dagdag pa rito, kinakailangan niyang panotaryuhan ang hiwalay na dokumentong nagsasaad ng pagtanggap niya sa inyong donasyon at magbigay ng kopya nito sa inyo.

Sana ay nabigyan namin ng linaw ang inyong katanungan. Ang payong aming ibinigay ay base lamang sa impormasyon na inyong inilahad at maaaring magbago kung mababawasan o madaragdagan ang mga detalye ng inyong salaysay.

Maraming salamat sa inyong patuloy na pagtitiwala.