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Article 796-0 ter of the French General Tax Code

The share of each brother or sister, whether single, widowed, divorced or legally separated, is exempt from death duties on the double condition:

1° That he is, at the time of the opening of the succession, over fifty years of age or suffering from an infirmity making it impossible for him to provide for the necessities of life by his work;

2° That he has been constantly domiciled with the deceased for the five years preceding the death.

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Article 796-0 ter

Est exonérée de droits de mutation par décès la part de chaque frère ou soeur, célibataire, veuf, divorcé ou séparé de corps, à la double condition :

1° Qu’il soit, au moment de l’ouverture de la succession, âgé de plus de cinquante ans ou atteint d’une infirmité le mettant dans l’impossibilité de subvenir par son travail aux nécessités de l’existence ;

2° Qu’il ait été constamment domicilié avec le défunt pendant les cinq années ayant précédé le décès.

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