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Article 757-3 of the French Civil Code

By way of derogation from article 757-2, in the event of the predecease of the father and mother, the property which the deceased had received from his ascendants by succession or gift and which is included in kind in the succession shall, in the absence of descendants, devolve half to the brothers and sisters of the deceased or to their descendants, themselves descendants of the predeceased parent or parents at the origin of the transmission.

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Article 757-3

Par dérogation à l’article 757-2, en cas de prédécès des père et mère, les biens que le défunt avait reçus de ses ascendants par succession ou donation et qui se retrouvent en nature dans la succession sont, en l’absence de descendants, dévolus pour moitié aux frères et soeurs du défunt ou à leurs descendants, eux-mêmes descendants du ou des parents prédécédés à l’origine de la transmission.

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