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Showing 451–460 of 12238 articles for “Art. 7 févr. 1996”
We represent predeceased persons, we represent renouncers only in successions devolving in the direct or collateral line. Children of the renouncer conceived before the opening of the succession from…
Unless the deceased wishes otherwise in accordance with article 971, the successor spouse who actually occupied, at the time of death, as his or her principal dwelling, a dwelling belonging to the spo…
The heir may accept the succession purely and simply or renounce it. He may also accept the succession up to the amount of the net assets where he has a universal vocation or universal title. A condit…
The provisions referred to in article 774 also apply to the heirs of a person who dies without having opted. The four-month period runs from the opening of the latter's estate. The heirs of a person w…
Without prejudice to damages, an heir who has concealed property or rights from an estate or concealed the existence of a co-heir is deemed to accept the estate purely and simply, notwithstanding any…
The declaration must be made at the clerk's office of the court in whose jurisdiction the succession is opened or before a notary. It includes the election of a single domicile, which may be the domic…
The heir settles the liabilities of the estate. He pays the registered creditors according to the rank of the security attaching to their claim. Other creditors who have declared their claim are paid…
Within the period provided for in article 792, the heir may declare that he is retaining in kind one or more assets of the succession. In this case, he owes the value of the property set out in the in…
A universal heir or heir by universal title who purely and simply accepts the succession is indefinitely liable for the debts and charges that depend on it. He is only liable for legacies of sums of m…
…published. Failure to declare the alienation of an asset within the period provided for in Article 794 engages the heir on his personal property up to the price of the alienation.
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