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Article 738-1 of the French Civil Code

Where only the father or mother survives and the deceased has neither posterity nor brothers or sisters nor descendants of the latter, but leaves one or more ascendants of a branch other than that of his or her surviving father or mother, the succession devolves half to the father or mother and half to the ascendants of the other branch.

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Article 738-1

Lorsque seul le père ou la mère survit et que le défunt n’a ni postérité ni frère ni soeur ni descendant de ces derniers, mais laisse un ou des ascendants de l’autre branche que celle de son père ou de sa mère survivant, la succession est dévolue pour moitié au père ou à la mère et pour moitié aux ascendants de l’autre branche.

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