French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Orders of heirs.
Article 739
…nce of an heir of the first two orders, the succession devolves to ascendants other than the father and mother.
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…nce of an heir of the first two orders, the succession devolves to ascendants other than the father and mother.
Ownership of property is acquired and transmitted by succession, by gift inter vivos or testamentary, and by the effect of obligations.
Where the father and mother survive and the deceased has no descendants but brothers and sisters or their descendants, one quarter of the estate devolves to each of the father and mother and the remai…
…legal fiction whose effect is to call to succession the representatives to the rights of the principal.
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…
…hrown into the sea, over objects which the sea rejects, of whatever nature they may be, over plants and grasses which grow on the shores of the sea, are also regulated by particular laws. The same app…
Children or their descendants succeed to their father and mother or other ascendants, without distinction as to sex or primogeniture, even if they come from different unions.
Ownership is also acquired by accession or incorporation, and by prescription.
In all cases where representation is admitted, partition is effected by stock, as if the represented person came to the succession; if applicable, it is effected by subdivision of stock. Within a stoc…
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