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Article 810-4 of the French Civil Code

The curator alone is authorised to pay the creditors of the succession. He is only obliged to pay the debts of the estate up to the amount of the assets.

He may only pay, without waiting for the proposed settlement of the liabilities, the expenses necessary for the conservation of the estate, funeral and final illness expenses, taxes owed by the deceased, rents and other estate debts that need to be settled urgently.

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Article 810-4

Le curateur est seul habilité à payer les créanciers de la succession. Il n’est tenu d’acquitter les dettes de la succession que jusqu’à concurrence de l’actif.

Il ne peut payer, sans attendre le projet de règlement du passif, que les frais nécessaires à la conservation du patrimoine, les frais funéraires et de dernière maladie, les impôts dus par le défunt, les loyers et autres dettes successorales dont le règlement est urgent.

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