The publicity provided for in articles 788, 790 and 794 of the Civil Code is made in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales. The procedures for advertising by electronic means are defined by order of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice. Within one month of the declaration referred to in the article 788 of the Civil Code, the heir shall, in the same manner as the…
The claims of the accepting heir up to the amount of the net assets against the estate are brought against the other heirs. If there are none or if the actions are brought by all the heirs, they are brought against a curator appointed in the same manner as that provided for the curator of the vacant estate.
At the end of the fifteen-month period provided for in Article 792 of the Civil Code, after either the payment of all declared creditors or the exhaustion of the assets and the allocation of the corresponding sums to the payment of the creditors, the heir or the notary responsible for settling the estate deposits the administration’s account at the registry. The deposit gives rise to publicity under the conditions provided…
The heir advances the costs of advertising to the court registry. These costs are borne by the estate. However, where the heir declares that he is retaining an asset from the estate, the costs associated with publicising this declaration remain payable by the heir. The costs associated with issuing the copy of the inventory made under last paragraph of article 790 of the Civil Code shall be borne by the…
The declaration of renunciation of an inheritance addressed or filed by the heir or notary at the registry of the judicial court shall indicate the surname, first names, profession and domicile of the successor, as well as the capacity by virtue of which he is called to the inheritance. The registry shall enter the declaration in a register kept for this purpose and shall send or issue a receipt for…
Express revocation of the waiver shall give rise to a declaration in the same form and on the same register as that provided for in Article 1339.
In the case provided for by article 758-3 of the Civil Code, the successor spouse is invited to exercise the option available to him or her under article 757 of the same code by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
The advertising provided for in articles 809-1, 809-2, 810-5 and 810-7 of the Civil Code give rise to the insertion of a notice in a legal gazette circulated within the jurisdiction of the competent court.
The curator’s mission is set by the curatorship order. The curator may only deliver the particular or universal legacies granted by the deceased at the end of the period mentioned in article 810-1 of the Civil Code and where they are not opposed.
The inventory includes: 1° A mention of the order entrusting the curatorship of the vacant estate to the administrative authority in charge of the estates; 2° An indication of the places where the inventory is made; 3° A description and estimate of the property as well as a designation of the cash; 4° The active and passive consistence of the estate as it results from all documents, titles and papers….
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