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Article 1078-9 of the French Civil Code

In the succession of a child who has consented to his or her own descendants being allotted in his or her place, the property received by them from the ascendant is treated as if they held it from their direct originator.

Such property is subject to the rules governing gifts inter vivos for notional reunion, imputation, report and, where applicable, reduction.

However, where all the descendants have received and accepted a lot in the anticipated partition and no provision has been made for a usufruct relating to a sum of money, the property from which the beneficiaries have been allotted is treated as if they had received it from their author by way of a shared gift.

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Article 1078-9

Dans la succession de l’enfant qui a consenti à ce que ses propres descendants soient allotis en son lieu et place, les biens reçus par eux de l’ascendant sont traités comme s’ils les tenaient de leur auteur direct.

Ces biens sont soumis aux règles dont relèvent les donations entre vifs pour la réunion fictive, l’imputation, le rapport et, le cas échéant, la réduction.

Toutefois, lorsque tous les descendants ont reçu et accepté un lot dans le partage anticipé et qu’il n’a pas été prévu d’usufruit portant sur une somme d’argent, les biens dont ont été allotis les gratifiés sont traités comme s’ils les avaient reçus de leur auteur par donation-partage.

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