Act No. 3370

: The maximum value of an estate subject to summary settlement has been increased to six thousand pesos.
: An interested person may file a petition for the summary settlement of an estate.
: Notice must be given in the ordinary form and by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality or, if not possible, by notices as determined by the Court of First Instance.
: No, the court may proceed summarily without appointing an executor or administrator.
: Only debts that the court shall then find to be due are paid during the summary settlement process.
: They may enter into possession after the court has made the award and partition of the estate and upon furnishing such bond as the court may determine.
: Claims must be filed within two years from the date of the court's order upon the docket.
: Yes, if the person authorized to file the claim is a minor, mentally incapacitated, in prison, or outside the Philippines on the expiration date, the claim may be presented within one year after such impediments cease to exist.
: The court shall make such order as may be just respecting the costs of the proceeding.
: They must be recorded in the proper register's office.