Whether a certificate of heirs can be issued many years after the de cujus's death despite uncertainty about acceptance or repudiation of earlier inheritances.
Yes. No legal rule bars issuance decades after death; the certificate is a provisional legitimation of a factual status, not a determination of substantive heirship.
Potentially outstanding estate debts were irrelevant because they would be time-barred. The certificate has no res judicata effect and may always be challenged, so uncertainty about prior heirs' acceptance did not preclude issuance.