French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.
Article 1026
The executor may be relieved of his duties on serious grounds by the court.
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The executor may be relieved of his duties on serious grounds by the court.
In the absence of an accepting heir reservataire, the testator may empower the executor to dispose of all or part of the immovables of the succession, receive and invest the capital, pay the debts and…
The testator may empower the executor to take possession of all or part of the furniture of the estate and to sell it if it is necessary to discharge the particular legacies within the limit of the av…
The executor's mission is free of charge, unless a donation is made on a special basis having regard to the disposing person's faculties and the services rendered.
Where the will has been drawn up in authentic form, delivery in possession is not required for the execution of the powers mentioned in Articles 1030 et 1030-1.
The costs incurred by the executor in the performance of his duties shall be borne by the estate.
The executor is called into question in the event of a dispute over the validity or execution of a will or legacy. In all cases, he or she intervenes to support the validity or demand the execution of…
…the will. He may cause an inventory of the estate to be made, in the manner provided for in Article 789, whether or not in the presence of the heirs, after having duly summoned them. He may cause the…
If there are several accepting executors, one of them may act in default of the others, unless the testator has provided otherwise or divided their office.
The executor shall render an account within six months of the end of his engagement. If the execution of the will is terminated by the death of the executor, the obligation to render an account falls…
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