Article 768
…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 conditional or term option is null and void.
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Showing 4931–4940 of 32005 articles for “Art. Cass. com. 15 October 1996 n° 94-18.903 · CA Paris 7 November 2014 n° 12/17749”
…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 conditional or term option is null and void.
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…
…ent are deemed to have been concealed by the latter.Where the concealment has concerned a gift that can be reported or reduced, the heir must report or reduce this gift without being able to claim any…
…st be in France.The declaration is registered and advertised nationally, which may be done electronically.
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…
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.
…n of one or more assets shall be made within fifteen days to the court, which shall ensure its publication. Without prejudice to the rights reserved to secured creditors, any successor creditor may co…
…wn up by a judicial auctioneer, bailiff or notary, in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to these professions.
…ing his personal assets. The heir must bring the action within five months of the day on which he became aware of the existence and extent of the debt.
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