Article 725-1
Where two persons, one of whom was entitled to succeed the other, perish in the same event, the order of death shall be established by any means. If this order cannot be determined, the succession of…
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Where two persons, one of whom was entitled to succeed the other, perish in the same event, the order of death shall be established by any means. If this order cannot be determined, the succession of…
Representation does not take place in favour of ascendants; the nearest, in each of the two lines, always excludes the most distant.
The deed of notoriety thus established is authentic until proven otherwise. Whoever avails himself of it is presumed to have hereditary rights in the proportion indicated therein.
Any person who, knowingly and in bad faith, relies on an inaccurate deed of notoriety shall incur the penalties for concealment provided for in Article 778, without prejudice to damages.
Proof of heirship may result from a deed of notoriety drawn up by a notary at the request of one or more heirs.The deed of notoriety must refer to the death certificate of the person whose estate is b…
In the collateral line, representation is admitted in favour of the children and descendants of brothers or sisters of the deceased, either if they come to his succession concurrently with uncles or a…
The declaration of unworthiness provided for in article 727 is pronounced after the opening of the succession by the judicial court at the request of another heir. The application must be made within…
The conversion option is not subject to renunciation. Co-heirs cannot be deprived of it by the will of the predeceased.
The affirmation contained in the deed of notoriety does not, of itself, imply acceptance of the succession.
The children of the unworthy are not excluded by the fault of their author, either if they come to the succession in their own right or if they come to it by the effect of representation; but the unwo…
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