RAMOS ROQUE, ANGEL VS RAMOS LOPEZ, SALUSTIANO

This resolution from the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals addresses a challenge to a partial judgment issued in a hereditary community partition case. Petitioners sought to revoke a lower court ruling that summarily excluded two specific properties from the estate of Celia López Estrella, the subject of the partition. The appellate court determined the ruling was interlocutory and should have been challenged via certiorari, but accepted the filing as such. The underlying lawsuit, initiated in 2010, involves heirs seeking to liquidate Celia López Estrella's estate. Plaintiffs, heirs of Ángel L. Ramos López, sued Salustiano Ramos López, alleging he improperly administered the estate and excluded them from assets and fruits. They claimed a specific monetary share from the estates of Celia López Estrella and Ramón Ramos Rodríguez. Salustiano contested claims, asserting prior partition of Ramón Ramos Rodríguez's estate and proper administration as albacea for Celia López Estrella. He also raised affirmative defenses, including prior adjudication and the plaintiffs' failure to address inheritance taxes. The resolution outlines the procedural history leading up to the appellate court's review of the contested partial judgment.