There's a familiar shape to how Filipino estate disputes unfold. A parent dies leaving property, shares, or a business. The children agree, informally, that "we'll sort it out later" no rush, everyone gets along, no one's going anywhere. Years pass. A sibling gets married, or needs capital, or wants to sell a piece of land no one else uses. Suddenly "later" becomes a fight, and the fight outlives the second parent too. This isn't a rare story. It's arguably the single most co