Topic : Parties – Beneficiaries
Petronilo Davac designated in SSS form respondent Candelaria Davac as his beneficiary and indicated his relationship to her as that of “wife”. In 1959, Petronilo died, and, thereupon, each of the respondents (Candelaria Davac and Lourdes Tuplano) filed their claims for death benefit with the SSS. It appears that the deceased contracted two marriages, the first, with claimant Lourdes Tuplano, who bore him a child, Romeo Davac, and the second, with Candelaria Davac, with whom he had a minor daughter.
SSS declared Candelaria as the person entitled to receive the benefit since she is the one declared to