Article 1030-2 of the French Civil Code
November 7, 2023
Where the will has been drawn up in authentic form, delivery in possession is not required for the execution of the powers mentioned in Articles 1030 et 1030-1.
Where the will has been drawn up in authentic form, delivery in possession is not required for the execution of the powers mentioned in Articles 1030 et 1030-1.
The authorisations mentioned in articles 1030 and 1030-1 are given by the testator for a period which may not exceed two years from the opening of the will. An extension of up to one year may be granted by the judge.
The executor’s mission ends at the latest two years after the opening of the will unless extended by the judge.
The executor shall render an account within six months of the end of his engagement. If the execution of the will is terminated by the death of the executor, the obligation to render an account falls to his heirs. He assumes the responsibility of an agent free of charge. .
The executor’s mission is free of charge, unless a donation is made on a special basis having regard to the disposing person’s faculties and the services rendered.
The costs incurred by the executor in the performance of his duties shall be borne by the estate.
Wills may only be revoked, in whole or in part, by a subsequent will or by an act before a notary public declaring the change of will.
Subsequent wills, which do not expressly revoke the previous ones, shall only annul those provisions contained therein which are found to be incompatible with the new ones or which are contrary.
A revocation made in a later will shall have full effect, even though this new act remains unenforced by the incapacity of the instituted heir or legatee, or by their refusal to receive.
Any alienation, that even by sale with the option of redemption or by exchange, made by the testator of all or part of the thing bequeathed, shall entail the revocation of the legacy for all that has been alienated, even if the subsequent alienation is null and void, and the object has reverted to the testator.
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