Chapter VI: Administration of the succession by a mandatary.

Each heir may require the mandataire successoral to consult, at any time, the documents relating to the performance of his assignment. Each year and at the end of his assignment, the mandataire successoral shall submit to the judge and to each heir at his request a report on the performance of his assignment.

The judgment appointing the estate agent sets the duration of his assignment and his remuneration. At the request of one of the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 813-1 or Article 814-1, it may extend it for a period it determines. The mission ceases ipso jure by the effect of an indivision agreement between the heirs or by the signing of the deed of partition. It also ceases…

Where the succession has been accepted by at least one heir, either purely and simply or up to the amount of the net assets, the judge who appoints the successoral mandatary pursuant to articles 813-1 and 814-1 may authorise him to carry out all acts of administration of the estate. He may also authorise him, at any time, to carry out acts of disposal necessary for the proper administration of…

In all circumstances, the heir accepting up to the amount of the net assets may ask the judge to appoint any qualified person as mandatary of the succession for the purpose of substituting him in the administration and liquidation of the succession.