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Article 366 of the French Civil Code

In the adopted person’s estate, in the absence of descendants and a surviving spouse, the property donated by the adopter or received into his or her estate reverts to the adopter or his or her descendants, if it still exists in kind at the time of the adopted person’s death, subject to contributing to the debts and subject to the rights acquired by third parties. Property that the adopted person had received free of charge from his parents likewise reverts to those parents or their descendants.

The adopted person’s surplus property is divided equally between his family of origin and his adoptive family.

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Article 366

Dans la succession de l’adopté, à défaut de descendants et de conjoint survivant, les biens donnés par l’adoptant ou recueillis dans sa succession retournent à l’adoptant ou à ses descendants, s’ils existent encore en nature lors du décès de l’adopté, à charge de contribuer aux dettes et sous réserve des droits acquis par les tiers. Les biens que l’adopté avait reçus à titre gratuit de ses parents retournent pareillement à ces derniers ou à leurs descendants.

Le surplus des biens de l’adopté se divise par moitié entre sa famille d’origine et sa famille d’adoption.

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