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Article 738-2 of the French Civil Code

Where the father and mother or one of them survives the deceased and the latter has no posterity, they may in all cases exercise a right of reversion, up to the proportional shares fixed in the first paragraph of Article 738, on the property that the deceased had received from them by gift.

The value of the portion of the property subject to the right of return is deducted in priority from the inheritance rights of the father and mother.

When the right of reversion cannot be exercised in kind, it is enforced in value, within the limit of the succession assets.

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Article 738-2

Lorsque les père et mère ou l’un d’eux survivent au défunt et que celui-ci n’a pas de postérité, ils peuvent dans tous les cas exercer un droit de retour, à concurrence des quote-parts fixées au premier alinéa de l’article 738, sur les biens que le défunt avait reçus d’eux par donation.

La valeur de la portion des biens soumise au droit de retour s’impute en priorité sur les droits successoraux des père et mère.

Lorsque le droit de retour ne peut s’exercer en nature, il s’exécute en valeur, dans la limite de l’actif successoral.

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