Paragraph 1: Debts of the co-sharers

Where the partitionable mass includes a claim against one of the co-partitioners, whether due or not, the latter is allotted it in the partition up to the amount of his rights in the mass. Up to the amount due, the debt is extinguished by confusion. If its amount exceeds the debtor’s rights in this mass, he owes payment of the balance under the conditions and time limits that affected the…

Except where it relates to undivided property, the claim is not payable until the end of the partition operations. However, the debtor heir may decide at any time to pay it voluntarily.

Reportable sums bear interest at the legal rate, unless otherwise stipulated. This interest accrues from the opening of the succession when the heir owed it to the deceased and from the day the debt is due, when it arose during the joint ownership.

Where the co-sharer himself has a claim to be asserted, he is allotted his debt only if, when balanced, the account shows a balance in favour of the undivided estate.