French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Division into paternal and maternal branches.
Article 746
Kinship is divided into two branches, depending on whether it proceeds from the father or the mother.
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Kinship is divided into two branches, depending on whether it proceeds from the father or the mother.
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The law does not distinguish according to the methods of establishing filiation to determine the parents called to succeed. The rights resulting from adoptive filiation are regulated under adoption.
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Easements cease when things are in such a state that they can no longer be used.
In the absence of a spouse entitled to inherit, the parents are called upon to succeed as follows: 1° Children and their descendants; 2° Father and mother; brothers and sisters and the descendants of…
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