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…udge where he has not been able to complete the inventory begun or where he justifies other serious and legitimate reasons. This period is suspended from the date of the request for an extension until…
…absence of a summons, the heir retains the option to opt, if he has not otherwise acted as an heir and if he is not held to be an accepting heir pure and simple pursuant to articles 778, 790 or 800.
The option is time-barred after ten years from the opening of the succession. An heir who has not taken sides within this period is deemed to have renounced. Time-barring only runs against an heir who…
The option cannot be exercised before the opening of the succession, even by marriage contract.
The option is indivisible. However, a person who has more than one succession claim to the same estate has a separate right of option for each of them.
The option exercised has retroactive effect to the day on which the estate is opened.
…ir rights may be authorised in court to accept the succession in their debtor's stead, in his place and stead. Acceptance takes place only in favour of these creditors and up to the amount of their cl…
The heir may not be forced to opt before the expiry of a period of four months from the opening of the succession. At the expiry of this period, he may be summoned, by extrajudicial act, to take sides…
When the limitation period referred to in Article 780 has expired, the person claiming to be an heir must prove that he or the person or persons from whom he derives that status accepted the successio…
The provisions of articles 771, 772 and 773 apply to the next-ranking heir called to succeed where the first-ranking heir renounces the succession or is unworthy to succeed. The four-month period prov…
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