If the inventory provided for in Article 809-2 has not been drawn up, the administrative authority referred to in Article 809-1 shall proceed as provided for in article 809-2.
The disinheritance of the estate ends if an heir accepts the estate.
Where it has failed to complete the formalities incumbent upon it, the State may be ordered to pay damages to the heirs, if any.
Any person may give one or more other persons, whether natural persons or legal entities, a mandate to administer or manage, subject to the powers entrusted to the executor of the will, all or part of his estate on behalf of and in the interest of one or more identified heirs. The mandatary may be an heir. He or she must enjoy full civil capacity and not be subject to…
The mandatary exercises his powers even if there is a minor or a protected adult among the heirs.
The mandate is only valid if it is justified by a serious and legitimate interest with regard to the person of the heir or the succession assets, precisely motivated. It is given for a term that may not exceed two years, extendable once or several times by decision of the judge, referred to by an heir or the mandatary. However, it may be given for a term of five years,…
Acts performed by the mandatary within the scope of his mission have no effect on the hereditary option.
As long as no heir covered by the mandate has accepted the succession, the mandatary only has the powers granted to the successor in Article 784.
The mandate with posthumous effect is subject to the provisions of articles 1984 to 2010 which are not incompatible with the provisions of this section.
The mandate is free of charge unless otherwise agreed. If remuneration is provided for, it must be expressly stated in the mandate. It corresponds to a share of the fruits and revenues received by the estate and resulting from the management or administration of the mandatary. In the event of insufficient or no fruits and income, it may be supplemented by a capital sum or take the form of a…
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