[REVIEWER] Succession
I. CHARACTERISTICS OF A WILL (WILL MAKING) The making of a will is: 1. PERSONAL (GR. Articles 784-785; 787). The making of a will is a strict personal act; (a) it cannot be left in whole or in part to the discretion of a third person; or (b) accomplished through the instrumentality of an agent or attorney. The duration or efficacy of the designation of heirs, devisees, or legatees; or The determination of the portion which they are to take, when referred to by name, cannot be left to the discretion of a third person. The testator may not make a testamentary disposition in such manner that another person has to determine whether or not is to be operative. Thus, a person cannot delegate the writing or making of a will to third persons. If a person wants to control the disposition of his properties upon his death, he must personally write or make his own will. ETRs. (Article 786) The...