olved: (1) The obligations and rights of the person upon whom
succession is devolved shall be as follows:
(a) To perform, or cause to be performed, funeral and
obsequies rites of the deceased according to his or
her rites and rituals,
(b) To repay the debt borrowed by the deceased to the
creditor,
(c) To have right over the debt lent and investment
made by the deceased.
(2) If the funeral and obsequies rites of a deceased has
been performed by a person other than one who is entitled to the
succession, the person so entitled shall pay the costs incurred in the
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performance of funeral and obsequies rites of the deceased and
additional twenty-five percent of such costs to the person who has
performed such rites.
Provided that if any person has, instead of doing on his or her
own, caused another person to perform the funeral and obsequies
rites of the deceased, he or she shall be liable to pay only the actual
costs incurred in the performance of such rites.